[bksvol-discuss] Re: Need help with a book hunt for two books
- From: "Judy s." <cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2014 22:34:59 -0500
Rats. But thanks so much for checking, Misha!
Judy s.
On 7/20/2014 10:10 PM, misha wrote:
Judy,
Can't help this time, worldcat says the closest libraries to me that
have them are Brigham Young University, University of Utah, ant the
Meeteetse Branch Library. I especially like the last one because
Meeteetse is a very small town in Wyoming that I have been through and
which would be a very appropriate place for a book about a Forest
Service dog. But, I'm just not likely to travel there soon.
Misha
On 7/20/2014 4:58 PM, Judy s. wrote:
I'm looking for help in getting two books into the collection that
have eluded capture. smile. If we can find copies of these two,
Bookshare will become the only library in the world that has all of
S. P. Meek's series of animal books written for young adults in their
collection. The novels were quite popular during the 1930s through to
the 1950s, when the author stopped writing. They always center around
a working animal, such as a guide dog, a police dog, an army cavalry
horse, or a border patrol horse, for example, and that animal's
special human. Some of the books are dated in terms of their
portrayal of certain situations, but overall they've weathered well.
Meek was a well-respected army colonel whose books appealed
especially to middle school boys.
The two titles we are missing are:
1. Ranger : A Dog of the Forest Service
and
2. Jerry: The Adventures of an Army Dog
If anyone who scans can find and scan a copy through their library of
either or both of these books I'll be totally grateful, and of course
happy to proofread them. Both titles do become available occasionally
through used booksellers, but are too pricey for me to buy outright.
I also want to take a second and thank all my fellow volunteers
who've helped find the rest of Meek's books. You are all the best!
smile. It's taken a couple of years, but we now have 18 of Meek's 20
young adult novels in the Bookshare collection.
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