The extraordinary life of Mary Seacole / written by Naida Redgrave ; illustrated by Alleanna Harris.
Publisher: Tulsa, OK : Kane Miller, a division of EDC Publishing, 2020Copyright date: ©2020Edition: First American editionDescription: 117 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- cartographic image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781684642014
- Mary Seacole
- Seacole, Mary, 1805-1881 -- Juvenile literature
- Seacole, Mary, 1805-1881
- Seacole, Mary, 1805-1881
- 1853-1856
- Nurses -- Great Britain -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Nurses -- Jamaica -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Crimean War, 1853-1856 -- Women -- Juvenile literature
- Nurses -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Nurses -- Jamaica -- Biography
- Crimean War, 1853-1856 -- Women
- Nurses
- Women
- Great Britain
- Jamaica
- RT37.S43 R43 2020
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"Original edition first published by Penguin Books Ltd." -- Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Mary Seacole is now known for her medical work in the Crimean war, and as a brilliant woman who combated the racial prejudice she experienced in her lifetime. But for a long time her story was lost. From growing up in Kingston, Jamaica as the daughter of a doctress to helping soldiers in the war, discover the details of the amazing life that Mary Seacole led in this beautifully illustrated book with real-life stories, timelines and facts.
7-12.
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