Mary on horseback : three mountain stories

Author(s)

• Wells, Rosemary
• McCarty, Peter

Bibliographic Information

Mary on horseback : three mountain stories

Rosemary Wells ; pictures by Peter McCarty

Dial Books for Young Readers, c1998

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Summary: Tells the stories of three families who were helped by the work of Mary Breckinridge, the first nurse to go into the Appalachian Mountains and give medical care to the isolated inhabitants. Includes an afterword with facts about Breckinridge and the Frontier Nursing Service she founded

Details

• NCID: BA45524540
• ISBN:
  • 0803721544
  • 0803721552
• LCCN: 97043409
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: 53 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : RT37.B72
  • DC21 : 610.73/092
  • DC21 : B
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Breckinridge, Mary, 1881-1965 -- Juvenile literature
  • LCSH : Nurses -- Kentucky -- Juvenile literature
  • LCSH : Medical care -- Kentucky -- History -- Juvenile literature
  • LCSH : Frontier Nursing Service, Inc. -- Juvenile literature
  • JVSH : Breckinridge, Mary, 1881-1965
  • JVSH : Nurses
  • JVSH : Women -- Biography
  • JVSH : Frontier Nursing Service, inc