Alice B Emerson: 54 books

"There, Bob, did you see that? Oh, we've passed it, and you were looking the other way. It was a cowboy. At least he looked just like the pictures. And he was waving at the train." Betty Gordon, breakfasting in the dining–car of the Western Limited, smiled happily at Bob Henderson,...

Seeking the treasure of Indian Chasm makes an exceedingly interesting incident.

BREAKFAST EN ROUTE There, Bob, did you see that? Oh, we've passed it, and you were looking the other way. It was a cowboy. At least he looked just like the pictures. And he was waving at the train.

Ruth continues her work for the Red Cross and is soon transferred to a hospital that is on the war front. Ruth faces the very real danger of possible death but soon has a greater concern. Ruth asks a friend whether there is any news of Tom Cameron and learns that he has disappeared in Germany—and...

Ruth's greatest desire has come true—to attend Briarwood Hall with Helen Cameron. As soon as the girls arrive, they are accosted by Mary Cox, known as the Fox for her cunning. Mary wishes the girls to join her club, the Up and Doing Club. Helen, in particular, is enraptured by Mary's description...

From Washington the scene is shifted to the great oil fields of our country. A splendid picture of the oil field operations of today.

"This doesn't look like the street I came up through!" exclaimed Betty Gordon. "These funny streets, with their dear old–fashioned houses, all seem, so much alike! And if there are any names stuck up at the corners they must hide around behind the post when I come by like squirrels in the woods.

At the age of twelve Betty is left an orphan. Her uncle sends her to live on a farm. This is the first of the Betty Gordon series, and is actually great reading, suitable for the age bracket of about age ten to 15.

The sound of the drumming wheels! It had roared in the ears of Ruth Fielding for hours as she sat on the comfortably upholstered seat in the last car of the afternoon Limited, the train whirling her from the West to the East, through the fertile valleys of Upper New York State

In this book of the Ruth Fielding series, Ruth goes to boarding school with her best friend Helen. When they get there, Ruth starts her own sorority called the SweetBriars for the new girls. Her sweet group of girls conflicts with the two other sororities the Upedes and the Fussy Curls. In the midst...

In this volume Betty goes to the National Capitol to find her uncle and has several unusual adventures.