Hi Judy,
Michigan libraries have plenty of copies of the other books in the
series---unfortunately not the two you're looking for.
I can find copies of these two books on Abe Books but, you're right, a
bit pricey. Maybe we could pool resources and purchase the books---I'd
be willing to contribute.
Deborah
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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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