Mary on horseback : three mountain stories /

Wells, Rosemary (1943–)

Mary on horseback : three mountain stories / Rosemary Wells ; Pictures by Peter McCarty. - This edition first published in 2000 - New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, 1998. - 53 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.

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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.


660
Lexile
R
Raz-Plus


0439207304


Nurses--Juvenile literature.--Kentucky
Medical care--History--Juvenile literature.--Kentucky

RT37.B72 W44

610.73092