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I am looking for a book printed sometime in the 1940 or 1950s. Set in pioneer America about a young woman, poor relation, unpaid servant type being forced to marry much older wealthy abusive widower. Rescued by long lost brother taken as a child during Indian raids. Girl is taken to woods by brother taught to live in woods as mountain man type. Brother halls build sturdy cabin and such. Then one day disappears back to life he misses leaving sister to fend for self. After much time she rescues man from marauding Indians. Escape to Fort rescued at last minute by brother who has reverted to Indian. (Long but thought more detail better.)
I have to say, this one sounds wonderful and I'd like to read it myself. Some of it is similar to a very, very good book from 1946 called Moccasin Trail by Eloise Jarvis McGraw. I don't think it's the same book, though. Anyone?
I'm looking for the name of the series about a stewardess in training and the books that followed. I read them in the late sixties, so they must have been written earlier. I thought the girl's name was Pamela, and she had blond hair. I can't remember the exact title and it's driving me crazy. Does it spark something to anyone? Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI found it. A name popped in my head out of the blue today. I looked it up and bingo there it was. The book is Girl in Buckskin by Dorothy Gilman. I found a picture of it on Amazon and it shows the paper cover which I never saw, but the drawing of the girl is exactly like the imprint on the hard cover that I remember.
ReplyDeleteI found it on Amazon, but it is listed there as by Dorothy Gilman Butters. I assume it was reprinted after she got married as I originally saw it without the Butters added. They have it as being printed in hardback in 1956.
ReplyDeleteI know that I am being a pest but I am wondering if you or one of your readers would know some places I might find a copy of this book? Especially in the original hardback. I have a young great niece that I am trying to help influence towards loving to read as I did her mother. This and some others I am also trying to find (I found their titles already) these books to create a small library for her that is not the type of books written for YA nowadays. I had copies of all of them that I had been given by my stepmother when she saw how much I loved them (she had loved them as a teen in the 50s). However, many of my cherished items disappeared while I was in Basic Training for the US Army. Now I am trying to get as many of them back as I can.
ReplyDeleteI know that I am being a pest but I am wondering if you or one of your readers would know some places I might find a copy of this book? Especially in the original hardback. I have a young great niece that I am trying to help influence towards loving to read as I did her mother. This and some others I am also trying to find (I found their titles already) these books to create a small library for her that is not the type of books written for YA nowadays. I had copies of all of them that I had been given by my stepmother when she saw how much I loved them (she had loved them as a teen in the 50s). However, many of my cherished items disappeared while I was in Basic Training for the US Army. Now I am trying to get as many of them back as I can.
ReplyDeleteI found it. It is called "Girl in Buckskin" by Dorothy Gilman Butters. Thank you for helping me to remember the name. It just popped into head one morning. When I was able to get to my computer, I researched it and found it was the right one.
ReplyDeleteI posted the answer to this request on wrong one. The proper answer is "Girl in Buckskin" by Dorothy Gilman Butters.
ReplyDeleteI think it's a book by Dorothy Gilman called girl in buckskin. Sure sounds like it
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