Mary on Horseback : : Three Mountain Stories
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Youth level.
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.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c1998.
Year Published: 1998
Description: 53 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
READING LEVEL
Lexile: 660
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
0803721552 :
0803721544
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
McCarty, Peter.
SUBJECTS
Breckinridge, Mary, -- 1881-1965.
Frontier Nursing Service, inc.
Nurses -- Kentucky.
Medical care -- Kentucky -- History.
Women -- Biography.