[bksvol-discuss] Re: Need help with a book hunt for two books
- From: "Kim Friedman" <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2014 17:01:35 -0700
Hi Judy, they might be at project Gutenberg if the author is in the public
domain. Regards, Kim.
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Judy s.
Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2014 4:58 PM
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Need help with a book hunt for two books
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.
--
Judy s.
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