Mercy: the incredible story of Henry Bergh, founder of the ASPCA and friend to animals / written by Nancy Furstinger ; with illustrations by Vincent Desjardins.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2016]Description: xiv,178 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780544650312
- 054465031X
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's Biography | Bergh, H. F991 | Available | 33111008184414 | ||||
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's Biography | Bergh, H. F991 | Available | 33111008389872 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Only 150 years ago, most animals in America were subject to horrific treatment. They needed a champion to protect them from abject cruelty, and that person was Henry Bergh. After witnessing the beating of a horse in the streets of New York and attending a bullfight in Spain, Bergh found his calling. He became an enforcer of animal rights and founded the ASPCA, as well as created many animal cruelty laws. He even expanded his advocacy to children. When Bergh died in 1888, the idea that children and animals should be protected from cruelty was widely accepted: "Mercy to animals means mercy to mankind."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 168-170) and index.
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 initial opposition that he faced from the public, and his founding of the ASPCA in 1866.