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The Ranch Girls #4
The Ranch Girls in Europe
"It seems incredible, girls, but I simply can't find her." The young woman who made this remark was standing on the deck of an out-going ocean steamer. The great boat was ploughing its way through the Ambrose channel, leaving the long nose of Sandy Hook a thin line of white on one side. Fading away into the background like dim gray ghosts were the giant towers of New York City. The speaker was wearing a long, gray traveling coat with a blue lining, and a felt hat of the same colors rested close against her ash-brown hair.
248 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1914
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Margaret Vandercook
128 books3 followersMargaret O'Bannon Womack Vandercook was an American writer of children's literature. She did not become a professional writer until after her husband's death, but has since been described as the queen of Camp Fire writers, writing twenty-one Camp Fire novels under her own name as well as under the pseudonym "Margaret Love Sanderson" (also used by Emma Keats Speed Sampson, author of the Miss Minerva books). In addition to the Camp Fire Girls series, Margaret is also known for her other girls' series books, which include the Ranch Girls, the Red Cross Girls, and the Girl Scouts. Additional works include stories, articles and poems for Harper's Bazaar, Delineator, Pearson's Magazine, Book News Monthly, Paris Modes, and many other publications. She was also a member of the Louisville Kentucky Authors' Club.
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February 6, 2018
Number 4 in the Ranch Girls series, this 1914 book was a tiny bit more adult in tone, with our young ladies beginning to discover the world of romance. We also get to meet a real Princess, wear lots of beautiful clothes, and play tourist in Italy, France, Germany, and England. Whew, I was exhausted by the end of the wedding! Oh, yes, I did mention the wedding, didn't I?
I liked this book, but I was a bit annoyed at the family for the way they keep treating Frieda, who is sixteen in this story, but still the youngest. And even though she will of course always be the youngest, it seems she will always be the baby as well. No one treats her as the young woman she truly is. Their nickname for her is even 'Baby'. And why does she always have to be eating something? The author makes a point of saying she was not fat, just plump when compared to the other close-to-too-thin girls, but I feel like Miss Frieda is being a little neglected here and was used for comic relief more than anything.
But the relationship between the girls is still strong, even though they are all beginning to grow up and have their own ideas about Life. Miss Jack doesn't like the Princess Jean meets on the ship going across the Atlantic, and Jean detests the handsome older man who takes an interest (authentic or calculating?!) in Jack during the same voyage. And Ruth, quite honestly, is a very poor chaperon. Of course if she had been more sure of herself and on the ball, this would have been a much shorter book!
So now, since I am hip deep in this series, I will continue with number 5, The Ranch Girls At Home Again. At the time the author finished "Europe", number 5 was to be the final title in the series. Here is what she says:
"The fifth and closing volume of the well-known Ranch Girls Series will be known as "The Ranch Girls at Home Again."
In this volume the love stories of the four girls will be finally concluded. It will also introduce old and new characters at the Rainbow Ranch."
So once a year for 5 years she wrote a Ranch Girl book, and thought that would be the last of their adventures. But naturally I am curious to see why she took up the pen for them again in 1917. But if I don't get busy reading I will never get to that book, will I.
I must say, these have been the perfect books for me this week. Nothing like simple, fun and easy when you are slightly frazzled!
I liked this book, but I was a bit annoyed at the family for the way they keep treating Frieda, who is sixteen in this story, but still the youngest. And even though she will of course always be the youngest, it seems she will always be the baby as well. No one treats her as the young woman she truly is. Their nickname for her is even 'Baby'. And why does she always have to be eating something? The author makes a point of saying she was not fat, just plump when compared to the other close-to-too-thin girls, but I feel like Miss Frieda is being a little neglected here and was used for comic relief more than anything.
But the relationship between the girls is still strong, even though they are all beginning to grow up and have their own ideas about Life. Miss Jack doesn't like the Princess Jean meets on the ship going across the Atlantic, and Jean detests the handsome older man who takes an interest (authentic or calculating?!) in Jack during the same voyage. And Ruth, quite honestly, is a very poor chaperon. Of course if she had been more sure of herself and on the ball, this would have been a much shorter book!
So now, since I am hip deep in this series, I will continue with number 5, The Ranch Girls At Home Again. At the time the author finished "Europe", number 5 was to be the final title in the series. Here is what she says:
"The fifth and closing volume of the well-known Ranch Girls Series will be known as "The Ranch Girls at Home Again."
In this volume the love stories of the four girls will be finally concluded. It will also introduce old and new characters at the Rainbow Ranch."
So once a year for 5 years she wrote a Ranch Girl book, and thought that would be the last of their adventures. But naturally I am curious to see why she took up the pen for them again in 1917. But if I don't get busy reading I will never get to that book, will I.
I must say, these have been the perfect books for me this week. Nothing like simple, fun and easy when you are slightly frazzled!
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February 17, 2025THATS ACTUALLY A FOUL CLIFFHANGER LOLLLL
there were actually horses in this one. except they were english hunters. sad
oh... um ngl I didn't have as many thoughts about this one. it was... it was certainly a book! not the darcy and wickham type romances... lol. rip jack. the book keeps insisting everyone's so pure and innocent and putting them in Situations about it (a specialty of dime novels. Wait a minute give me a second aren't dime novel plots literally just like putting ur blorbos in Situations i don't know why i said that). the romantic threads were crazyyyy... of course there was an american girl who is now an italian princess and of course there was the extremely sus 40 year old who went after jack for her money and of course frank kent rolls up and creates awesome epic drama. um... american west vs english society except far less to say about that aside from jim colter pulling up. thank GOD the jim and ruth plotline was finally resolved. growing up and romances in foreign countries... oh dear.
there were actually horses in this one. except they were english hunters. sad
oh... um ngl I didn't have as many thoughts about this one. it was... it was certainly a book! not the darcy and wickham type romances... lol. rip jack. the book keeps insisting everyone's so pure and innocent and putting them in Situations about it (a specialty of dime novels. Wait a minute give me a second aren't dime novel plots literally just like putting ur blorbos in Situations i don't know why i said that). the romantic threads were crazyyyy... of course there was an american girl who is now an italian princess and of course there was the extremely sus 40 year old who went after jack for her money and of course frank kent rolls up and creates awesome epic drama. um... american west vs english society except far less to say about that aside from jim colter pulling up. thank GOD the jim and ruth plotline was finally resolved. growing up and romances in foreign countries... oh dear.
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