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Mary Seacole bound for the battlefield

"Mary Seacole was called to nurse the sick and wounded from bedside to battlefield. Nothing would stand in her way."--Back cover

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Rubin, Susan Goldman (Author)
Other Authors:	Pope, Richie (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2020.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Seacole, Mary, > 1805-1881 > Juvenile nonfiction. Crimean War, 1853-1856 > Women > Juvenile nonfiction. Nurses, Black > Juvenile nonfiction. Biographies > Juvenile. Picture books.
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Summary:	"Mary Seacole was called to nurse the sick and wounded from bedside to battlefield. Nothing would stand in her way."--Back cover
Physical Description:	44 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (page 45).
ISBN:	9780763679941 0763679941
Author Notes:	Susan Goldman Rubin grew up in the Bronx and dreamed of becoming an artist. She illustrated her first three picture books but then turned to writing nonfiction, mainly about art and history, and is the author of more than 55 books for young people. Her titles include Diego Rivera: An Artist For The People, They Call Me A Hero: A Memoir of My Youth, Music Was It! Young Leonard Bernstein, Everyone Paints! The Art and Lives of the Wyeth Family, and Freedom Summer: The 1964 Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi. Most recently Susan has created board books based on fine art for very young children. Her titles include Counting with Wayne Thiebaud, Andy Warhol's Colors, and Matisse: Dance For Joy. Susan has been an instructor in the UCLA Extension Writers' Program for 20 years. (Bowker Author Biography)