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Who was Clara Barton? / by Stephanie Spinner ; illustrated by David Groff.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781480658943 : PBD
- ISBN: 1480658944 : PBD
- Physical Description: 103 pages, 3 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
- Publisher: New York, New York, USA : Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC, [2014]
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 104-106). |
| Summary, etc.: | Profiles the life and accomplishments of Clara Barton, a teacher who organized efforts to bring nursing care to wounded soldiers during the Civil War and who went on to become the founder of the American Red Cross. |
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| Subject: | Barton, Clara, 1821-1912 > Juvenile literature. American Red Cross > Biography > Juvenile literature. Nurses > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at GRPL.
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Who Was Clara Barton?
Stephanie Spinner was born in Davenport, Iowa and attended college in Bennington, Vermont. After graduation, she moved to New York City and took a job in publishing. Needing a break, she traveled around the world including stops in London, Morocco, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize. She spent many years painting thangkas before taking another job in the publishing industry. She became a children's book editor and eventually became a full time author. Her works include Aliens for Breakfast and Aliens for Lunch with co-author Jonathan Etra, Aliens for Dinner, and Damosel. Aliens for Breakfast won the Texas Bluebonnet Award. (Bowker Author Biography)
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