Book
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- OSHTEMO: Children's Collection
Mary on horseback : three mountain stories
Edition
1st ed.
Publication Information
New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c1998.
Physical Description
53 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Audience
007-011.
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.