[bksvol-discuss] Re: Need help with a book hunt for two books
- From: Valerie Maples <vlmaples1@xxxxxxx>
- To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2014 14:08:40 -0500
I put in an ILL request on the first and will keep you updated. Will work on
second after I see if I am successful on first.
Thanks!
Valerie
On Jul 21, 2014, at 1:01 PM, Judy s. <cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Deborah,
>
> That's a neat idea! smile. If Valerie can't get them through her interlibrary
> loan, I'd like to pursue doing this.
>
> Judy s.
> On 7/20/2014 10:45 PM, Deborah Murray (Redacted sender blinkeeblink@xxxxxxxxx
> for DMARC) wrote:
>> 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
>>
>>
>> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Judy s.
>> Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2014 11:35 PM
>> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Need help with a book hunt for two books
>>
>> 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.
>> --
>> Judy s.
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>>
>>
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