Mary on horseback
Subtitle: three mountain stories
By: Rosemary Wells ; pictures by Peter McCarty.
Contributors: McCarty, Peter, ill.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Dial Books for Young Readers
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 53
Subjects: Breckinridge, Mary, 1881-1965 -- Juvenile literature.; Breckinridge, Mary, 1881-1965.; Frontier Nursing Service, Inc. -- Juvenile literature.; Frontier Nursing Service, inc.; Nurses -- Kentucky -- Juvenile literature.; Medical care -- Kentucky -- History -- Juvenile literature.; Nurses.; Women -- Biography.
Description: 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.