Title: Mary on Horseback
Subtitle: Three Mountain Stories
First published: 1998
Description: Master storyteller Rosemary Wells tells the incredible true story of a World War I nurse who brought medical care to the Appalachians

Mary Breckinridge, trained as a nurse during World War I, rode on horseback into the isolated mountains of Appalachia and never looked back. Instead, she spent her life fording icy streams and climbing untracked mountains to bring medical help to those in need. More nurses on horseback joined Mary . . . and the Frontier Nursing Service was born. Mary's story is amazing. And it is true.

"Wells's realistic yet poetic prose perfectly captures the dichotomy of the majestic beauty of Appalachia and the harsh realities of mountain life. . . . This one's a gem."--School Library Journa
Subjects: Juvenile literature, Frontier Nursing Service, inc, Nurses, Inc Frontier Nursing Service, Biography, Women, Medical care, History, Breckinridge, mary, 1881-1965, Frontier nursing service, inc., Nurses, juvenile literature, Medical care, united states, Women, biography
Places: Kentucky
People: Mary Breckinridge (1881-1965)
LC classification: RT37.B72 W44 1998