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Mary on Horseback: Three Mountain Stories
Mary on Horseback Three Mountain Stories
Author: Rosemary Wells, Peter McCarty (Illustrator)
In 1923, there were no doctors or hospitals in the isolated mountains of Appalachia. Then Mary Breckinridge came. Trained as a nurse, she made the Appalachians her life's work-fording icy streams and climbing untracked mountains to bring medical help to those in need. These three stories, told in simple, luminous prose, bring to life the bir...  more »
PBS Market Price: $7.09 or $3.19+1 credit
ISBN-13: 9780141308159
ISBN-10: 014130815X
Publication Date: 11/1/2000
Pages: 53
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
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4.7 stars, based on 10 ratings
Publisher: Puffin Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 1
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Cordelia avatar reviewed Mary on Horseback: Three Mountain Stories on + 153 more book reviews
Mary Breckinridge was from an influential and privileged family but due to some very sad circumstances in her life she eventually decided to become a nurse. It was through her nursing career that she made an impact upon the people of the Appalachian Mountains. I like the way her life story is stated in the book. Mary's life "is not a story of rags to riches. Much rarer, hers is a passage from material riches to riches of the spirit."
beegirlbee avatar reviewed Mary on Horseback: Three Mountain Stories on + 68 more book reviews
Excellent ...peek into the past of both early nursing & mountain people and their life. My 11 year old son loves this one.
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My 10 yo daughter loved this book. She couldn't put it down!


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