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Author Redgrave, Naida, author.

Title The extraordinary life of Mary Seacole / written by Naida Redgrave ; illustrated by Alleanna Harris.

Publication Info. Tulsa, OK : Kane Miller, a division of EDC Publishing, 2020.
©2020

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Location Call No. Status
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Children's Department  JB SEACOLE    Check Shelf
Edition First American edition.
Description 117 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm
Note "Original edition first published by Penguin Books Ltd." -- Title page verso.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience 7-12.
Summary 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.
Subject Seacole, Mary, 1805-1881 -- Juvenile literature.
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.
Seacole, Mary, 1805-1881. (OCoLC)fst00201325
Nurses. (OCoLC)fst01041618
Women. (OCoLC)fst01176568
Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
Jamaica. (OCoLC)fst01211575
Crimean War (1853-1856) (OCoLC)fst00883120
Chronological Term 1853-1856
Genre/Form Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Biographies.
Added Author Harris, Alleanna, illustrator.
Added Title Mary Seacole
ISBN 9781684642014 (paperback)
1684642019 (paperback)
9781684642663
1684642663
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