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Wells, Rosemary,

Mary on horseback : three mountain stories / Rosemary Wells ; pictures by Peter McCarty. - first edition. - New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, (c)1998. - 53 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Kentucky 1923 -- Mountain Medicine -- Ireland of Scotland -- How many starts in my crown -- Mary Breckinridge -- Acknowledgments.

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. https://www.amazon.com/Mary-Horseback-Rosemary-Wells/dp/0803721552/ref=sr_1_1?crid=11NU4J0ERI402&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.kgLxNDluNHZrenaBnsGmZw.TrQorxk4gbkATY3n-mdA00STfeJBeO0Yl9kHEX-rv8E&dib_tag=se&keywords=9780803721555&qid=1708525520&sprefix=%2Caps%2C157&sr=8-1



LCCN: 97043409

Subjects--Personal Names:
Breckinridge, Mary, 1881-1965 --Juvenile literature.
Breckinridge, Mary, 1881-1965.

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Frontier Nursing Service, Inc.--Juvenile literature.
Frontier Nursing Service, Inc.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Nurses--Kentucky--Juvenile literature.
Medical care--History--Kentucky--Juvenile literature.
Women--Biography.

LC Class. No.: RT37 / .M379 1998