By Margaret Vandercook
Have I mentioned that I love old girls
series books from the teens and twenty's? I love them because while they
are completely unrealistic they often have a charm that is surprising.
This book could also be called,"The Feminist Manifesto" because the
characters are seriously modern and cool.
The "Ranch Girls" are
three orphan girls who run a ranch. By run a ranch I mean literally and
this book is written in 1911. The oldest is sixteen and named Jacqueline
Ralston who is more commonly called Jack. Jack is the coolest of the
girls; she can shoot, ride horses expertly as well as run the ranch. Her
cousin Jean Bruce is not half so cool and her sister Frieda can be
really annoying. But I still like them.
The girls meet what they
think is a Indian girl named Olive and I must warn you this has a lot of
racist stuff. Olive is of course not Indian and terribly beautiful and
sweet. They kinda adopt her when they find out she is of unknown
parentage. Then there is always the overseer of the ranch Jim Colter and
their chaperon Ruth Drew. Ruth is a stuffy old maid type and Jim is a
typical western man but it is pretty clear that sparks fly between them
from the first. Then there is Frank Kent, a young British man who
happens to be staying with the girls arch enemy named Dan Norton. Oh and
he just happens to be the son of Lord Kent.Totally, I would not make
this stuff up.
I would recommend this book to anyone who like me enjoy old books or if you like westerns.
Reviewed by Elizabeth
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