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Author Furstinger, Nancy.

Title Mercy: the incredible story of Henry Bergh, founder of the ASPCA and friend to animals / written by Nancy Furstinger ; with illustrations by Vicent Desjardins.

Publication Info. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2016]

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Children's Department  JB BERGH    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Children's Department  JB BERGH HENRY F    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Children's Biographies  J B BERGH    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Children's Department  J92 BERGH    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Children's Department  J B BERGH    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Children's Department  JB-BERGH, H.    Check Shelf
Description xiv,178 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 168-170) and index.
Summary Presents the life of the animal activist, describing his work in nineteenth-century New York to bring attention to the cruel treatment of animals, the intial opposition that he faced from the public, and his founding of the ASPCA in 1866.
Subject Bergh, Henry, 1811-1888 -- Juvenile literature.
Animal rights activists -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
Animal welfare -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
Bergh, Henry, 1811-1888. (OCoLC)fst00078358
Animal rights activists. (OCoLC)fst00809378
Animal welfare. (OCoLC)fst00809431
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
ISBN 9780544650312
054465031X
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