Brother Jacob - George Eliot
Brother Jacob is a short story by George Eliot, in which she explores the relationship between the selfish, self-centered and ambitious David Faux and his idiot brother, Jacob...
Aunt Jane's Nieces Out West - L. Frank Baum
After visiting Louise, Arthur and Tudrums' ranch in Southern California, Beth and Patsy and Uncle John decide to spend the winter at a hotel in the small Hollywood village, drawn to their new film industry. New friends, adventures and secrets are waiting for you....
Aunt Jane's Nieces On The Ranch - L. Frank Baum
Aunt Jane's niece at the ranch witnessed the reappearance of Louis and Arthur Weldon after the birth of their first child, Jane. The family lives in California and employs a native Mexican, much to Uncle John's displeasure. Racial tensions are explored when a New Yorker is called in to care for a...
Aunt Jane's Nieces In The Red Cross - L. Frank Baum
In the tenth and final book in the Teen Girls series, two of three cousins deal with the atrocities of World War I by volunteering with the Red Cross. This 1915 version, written under the pseudonym Edith Van Dyne, reflects America's neutral stance. A later edition, published in 1918, differed...
Aunt Jane's Nieces In Society - L. Frank Baum
Written under the pseudonym Edith Van Dyne. The story continues the adventures of three cousins, Louise, Patsy and Bess, who make their social debut and are pursued by suitors, one of whom is rejected and kidnaps Louise....
Aunt Jane's Nieces And Uncle John - L. Frank Baum
Aunt Jane's Niece and Uncle John tells the ongoing story of three cousins, Patsy Doyle, Beth de Graf, and Louise Merrick, and their families; the book begins with Louise and Three days after her fiancé, Arthur Weldon, was married, the event concluded the sixth book in the series, Aunt Jane's...
Against Odds - Lawrence L. Lynch
The detective story, believed to have been written by Chicago resident Emma Murdock Van Deventer, is set at the World's Fair and follows Carl Masters as he hunts down international criminals The story of Greenback Bob and Delbras. Liars, lost wallets, jewel thefts, female adventurers... not to...