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Author:

Hamen, Susan E.

Title:

Clara Barton : Civil War hero & American Red Cross founder / by Susan E. Hamen.

Publisher:

ABDO Pub.,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

112 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Barton, Clara,--1821-1912--Juvenile literature.
American Red Cross--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Nurses--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Women--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
United States--Medical care--Civil War, 1861-1865--Medical care--Juvenile literature.
Barton, Clara,--1821-1912.
American Red Cross--Biography.
Nurses--United States--Biography.
Women--United States--Biography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Baptism by fire -- Early life -- Miss Barton, the schoolteacher -- Life in Washington DC -- War -- Angel of the battlefield -- Civil war heroine -- More work to be done -- Barton and the Red Cross -- The Red Cross comes to America.

Summary:

Examines the remarkable life of Clara Barton including Barton's creation of a New Jersey public school, her work helping the soldiers of the American Civil War, and her establishment of the American Red Cross.

Series:

Military heroes

ISBN:

1604539607 (lib. bdg. : recy. paper)
9781604539608 (lib. bdg. : recy. paper)

LCCN:

2009032363

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

BLPC611 -- Earlham Public Library (Earlham)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)