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Author	Saxby, H. M. (Henry Maurice)
Title	The great deeds of heroic women / retold by Maurice Saxby ; illustrated by Robert Ingpen.
Publication Info.	New York : Peter Bedrick Books, 1992, c1990.

Location	Call No.	Status
Children's Non-Fiction	Juv. 920 S	IN LIBRARY

Edition	1st American ed.
Description	151 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. 149) and index.
Contents	Ancient Greece: Athena -- Aphrodite -- Demeter -- Atalanta -- Circe -- Medea -- Ancient China : Guanyin -- Jewish champions : Rahab and the fall of Jericho -- Esther -- Judith and Holofernes -- Ancient Arabia : Bilquis -- Scheherazade -- A warrior queen : Boadicea -- Saints and holy women -- Joan of Arc -- Against the odds : The hunter maiden of the Zuni people -- Vasilissa the beautiful -- Pocahontas -- Mary Bryant.
Subject	Heroines -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Heroines in literature -- Juvenile literature.
	Women -- Legends -- Juvenile literature.
	Women -- Folklore -- Juvenile literature.
	Courage -- Juvenile literature.
Added Author	Ingpen, Robert, 1936- illustrator.
ISBN	0872263487

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