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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Publisher Weekly Review     School Library Journal Review     More Content       More by this author     Furstinger, Nancy.     Subjects     Bergh, Henry, 1811-1888 -- Juvenile literature.     Animal rights activists -- United States -- Juvenile literature.     Animal welfare -- United States -- Juvenile literature.     Animal rights activists -- Juvenile literature.     Animal welfare -- Juvenile literature.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Furstinger, Nancy.       by title:      Mercy: the incredibl...       by call number:      179.3092 B497m     Search the Web     Furstinger, Nancy.     Bergh, Henry, 1811-1888 -- Juvenile literature.     Animal rights activists -- United States -- Juvenile literature.     Animal welfare -- United States -- Juvenile literature.     Animal rights activists -- Juvenile literature.     Animal welfare -- Juvenile literature.       MARC Display

Mercy: the incredible story of Henry Bergh, founder of the ASPCA and friend to animals / written by Nancy Furstinger ; with illustrations by Vicent Desjardins. by Furstinger, Nancy. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, c2016. Call #: 179.3092 B497m Subjects Bergh, Henry, 1811-1888 -- Juvenile literature.   Animal rights activists -- United States -- Juvenile literature.   Animal welfare -- United States -- Juvenile literature.   Animal rights activists -- Juvenile literature.   Animal welfare -- Juvenile literature. ISBN:  9780544650312 054465031X Description:  xiv,178 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages 168-170) and index. Contents:  Chapter one: A priveleged childhood. -- Chapter two: A sour note. -- Chapter three: Seeds of change. -- Chapter four: Bergh's inspiration. -- Chapter five: A voice for the voiceless. -- Chapter six: Horse sense. -- Chapter seven: Turtles: Animals or Insects? -- Chapter eight: Swill milk and slaughterhouse. -- Chapter nine: Compassion for canines.-- Chapter ten: "Civilized" blood sports. -- Chapter eleven: Battling Barnum. -- Chapter twelve: Compassion for children. -- Chapter thirteen: The great meddler. -- Chapter fourteen: Into the future. Summary:  Presents the life of the animal activist, describing his work in nineteenth-century New York to bring attention to the cruel treatment of animals, the intial opposition that he faced from the public, and his founding of the ASPCA in 1866. Genre:  Biography, Juvenile. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Children's Nonfiction 179.3092 B497m Childrens Books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Cole Harbour Public Library Children's Nonfiction 179.3092 B497m Childrens Books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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