Biography of Clara Barton, and the American Red Cross.

A story of a nineteen-year-old woman who disguised herself as a man to avoid an unwanted marriage and who distinguished herself as a male nurse during the Civil War, and later as a spy for the Union Army.

A biography focusing on the youth of the nurse who organized the American Red Cross in Washington, D.C., in 1881.

Clara Barton wanted to help people from the time she was a child. She turned her compassion for others into several careers, including teaching and nursing. Risking her life to assist soldiers during the Civil War turned her into an American hero. She went on to found the American Red Cross.

Overview: The pioneering team that brought you the Caldecott Honor-winning THE DINOSAURS OF WATERHOUSE HAWKINS focuses their remarkable skills and vision on Walt Whitman--poet, American, Civil War hero. Did you know that poet Walt Whitman was also a Civil War nurse? Devastated by his country dividing and compelled to service by his brother's war injury, Walt nursed all soldiers-Union & Confederate, black & white. By getting to know them through...

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.

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.

Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross. She was a hero of the Civil War, nursing soldiers on the battlefields.

In graphic novel format, discusses the life and accomplishments of Clara Barton, a teacher who served as a nurse during the Civil War and who fought for the establishment of the American Red Cross.

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