Mary on horseback : three mountain stories
Title:
Mary on horseback : three mountain stories
Author:
Wells, Rosemary.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York : Puffin Books, 2000.
©1998
Physical Description:
53 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
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.
General Note:
Reprint. Originally published by Dial Books for Young Readers, 1998.
Language:
English
Contents:
Kentucky 1923 -- Mountain medicine -- Ireland of Scotland -- How many stars in my crown? -- Mary Breckinridge.
Reading Level:
660 Lexile.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader AR LG 4.2 1.0 28328.
Reading Counts RC 3-5 5.5 3 Quiz: 19052 Guided reading level: Q.
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Added Author:
ISBN:
9780141308159
9780613337113
Format :
Book
