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A biography of the founder of modern nursing.

"Cartwheel Books." A worried student pictures to himself what Miss Hearse, the school nurse, must be like, based on the rumors he has been hearing from his fellow classmates.

A biography of the American poet whose compassion led him to nurse soldiers during the Civil War, to give voice to the nation's grief at Lincoln's assassination, and to capture the true American spirit in verse.

Mrs. Cooney, the school nurse, is so beautiful that A.J. has a crush on her--even though he suspects she might be an international spy!.

A childhood biography of the girl who became known as a fearless battlefield nurse during the Civil War and the founder of the American Red Cross.

Biography of the woman who became famous as a nurse to wounded soldiers during the Civil War, and who later founded the American Red Cross.

An illustrated biography of Clara Barton, the Civil War nurse credited with organizing the American Red Cross.

A biography of the American nurse who brought the Red Cross from Europe to the United States.

Examines the life of the nurse who served on the battlefields of the Civil War and later founded the American Red Cross.

Excerpts from the diary of a woman who served as nurse to a regiment of black soldiers fighting for the Union during the Civil War, including her observations on the treatment of "coloreds" after the war.

Explores the childhood, character, and influential events that shaped the life of the Civil War nurse who went on to found the American Red Cross.

Presents a biography of Clara Barton, and chronicles her childhood in Massachusetts, education and early teaching experiences, efforts to help the wounded during the Civil War, search for missing soldiers after the war, and struggles to bring the Red Cross to America.

Traces the life of the Civil War nurse who cared for wounded soldiers and earned the title, 'Angel of the Battlefield.

A narrative biography of Florence Nightingale, a nineteenth-century British nurse who refused to accept the hardship and injustice suffered by others, discussing her early life, as well as her long career.

Through ghostly visitation and a diary that seems mysteriously to write itself with twelve-year-old Abby's hands, a Civil War nurse asks for help with medical supplies across an abyss of 133 years.