Writing as ""Edith Van Dyne,"" The Wonderful Wizard of Oz author L. Frank Baum brings remarkable depth and sensitivity to this novel intended for younger readers. Forward-thinking couple Arthur and Louise Weldon hire a Mexican nanny to care for their...
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Writing as ""Edith Van Dyne,"" The Wonderful Wizard of Oz author L. Frank Baum brings remarkable depth and sensitivity to this novel intended for younger readers. Forward-thinking couple Arthur and Louise Weldon hire a Mexican nanny to care for their beloved baby Jane. However, this move causes tension in the family, as clashing views about race come to the forefront
Title; Contents; Chapter I - Uncle John Decides; Chapter II - El Cajon Ranch; Chapter III - That Blessed Baby!; Chapter IV - Little Jane's Two Nurses; Chapter V - Inez Threatens; Chapter VI - A Dinner with the Neighbors; Chapter VII - Gone!; Chapter VIII - Very Mysterious; Chapter IX - A Fruitless Search; Chapter X - Conjectures and Absurdities; Chapter XI - The Major Encounters the Ghost; Chapter XII - Another Disappearance; Chapter XIII - The Way it Happened; Chapter XIV - Prisoners of the Wall; Chapter XV - Mildred Confides in Inez; Chapter XVI - An Unexpected Arrival
Chapter XVII - The Prodigal SonChapter XVIII - Laces and Gold; Chapter XIX - Inez and Miguel; Chapter XX - Mr. Runyon's Discovery; Chapter XXI - A Fortune in Tatters; Chapter XXII - Faithful and True
The ""Aunt Jane's Nieces"" series was a wildly popular juvenile fiction collection written by L. Frank Baum, the author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, using the feminine pen name ""Edith Van Dyne."" This book, the last in the series, has the girls...
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The ""Aunt Jane's Nieces"" series was a wildly popular juvenile fiction collection written by L. Frank Baum, the author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, using the feminine pen name ""Edith Van Dyne."" This book, the last in the series, has the girls tending to wounded soldiers in the early battles of World War I
Title; Contents; Foreword; Chapter I - The Arrival of the Boy; Chapter II - The Arrival of the Girl; Chapter III - The Decision of Doctor Gys; Chapter IV - The Hospital Ship; Chapter V - Nearing the Fray; Chapter VI - Little Maurie; Chapter VII - On the Firing Line; Chapter VIII - The Coward; Chapter IX - Courage, or Philosophy?; Chapter X - The War's Victims; Chapter XI - Patsy is Defiant; Chapter XII - The Other Side; Chapter XIII - Tardy Justice; Chapter XIV - Found at Last; Chapter XV - Dr. Gys Surprises Himself; Chapter XVI - Clarette; Chapter XVII - Perplexing Problems
Chapter XVIII - A Question of LoyaltyChapter XIX - The Capture; Chapter XX - The Dunes
