This biography presents the life of the girl who became known as a fearless battlefield nurse during the Civil War and the founder of the American Red Cross

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1: -- 1: Timid child -- 2: Miss Barton teaches school -- 3: Mother Earth for a kitchen hearth -- 4: Lanterns in the cornfield -- 5: Death in the sands -- 6: Conflict ends -- 7: Missing men -- 8: South Bend to Corsica -- 9: Franco-Prussian war -- Part 2: -- 10: Red Cross reaches America -- 11: Forest fire -- 12: Down the Mississippi -- 13: Bismarck salutes the Red Cross -- 14: Johnstown flood -- 15: Hurricane sweeps Sea Islands -- 16: Yankee in Stamboul -- 17: I am with the wounded -- 18: Miss Barton meets the Czar -- 19: End of an era -- 20: Twilight.