TY - BOOK AU - Wells,Rosemary AU - McCarty,Peter TI - Mary on horseback: three mountain stories SN - 0439207304 AV - RT37.B72 W44 U1 - 610.73092 PY - 1998/// CY - New York PB - Dial Books for Young Readers KW - Nurses KW - Kentucky KW - Juvenile literature KW - Medical care KW - History N1 - R ; 660 ; Lexile ; R ; Raz-Plus N2 - 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 ER -