By Mary T. Martin Sloop with LeGette Blythe (Exploring America Units 20-21)

The account of a medical missionary couple in North Carolina in the early 1900s.

See the Notes About the Literature in the Guide for Parents and Answer Key.

The lively story of a woman doctor’s 40 year crusade in the mountains of North Carolina. 

Dr. Sloop and her husband began their lifelong dedication to the mountain people when they rode horseback into the remote hill region of North Carolina in 1909.