This book contains the following story:
Mary Seacole: Bound for the Battlefield
No. of pages 48
Published: 2020
Great for age 7-10 years
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The true story of Mary Seacole, the "Celebrated Heroine of the Crimean War".Over two hundred years ago in Kingston, Jamaica, a little girl called Mary watched as her mother selected a bottle of medicine for a sick British soldier. This marked the beginning of Mary Seacole's passion for nursing, which would go on to shape the rest of her life. As a young woman, she would have to overcome personal tragedy the sudden loss of her mother and husband and prejudice from her peers to reach the battlefields of the Crimean War, nursing soldiers back to health and even carrying them from the midst of the fighting. With words by Susan Goldman Rubin and lively illustrations by Richie Pope, this is the true story of the "Celebrated Heroine of the Crimean War".
This book has been graded for interest at 8-12 years.
There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published in 2020 by Walker Books Ltd .
Susan Goldman Rubin grew up in the Bronx and dreamed of becoming an artist. As a young woman, she studied painting and drawing and began to show her work in galleries.
This book features the following character:
Mary Seacole
This book features Mary Seacole.
