Clean boards with a pronounced forward lean. Tanning to edges and spine ends. Light rub wear to edges and bumped corners. Usual shelf wear and markings to dust jacket with tanning to spine and edges. Moderate creasing and tears to edges with small missing pieces. The World of Rare Books Published: Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside.
There are no discussion topics on this book yet. These books showed young women leaving home, taking on a career, even moving to the big city; dealing with issues such as landlords, janitors, and transport on their own; interacting with other women about work; being respected for the work they do; and feeling that their work was important, even as important as the men in their lives! Cherry Ames, Private Duty Nurse 8. Some rubbing, small closed tears and small amounts of chipping. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations. As "lofty" seniors, Cherry and her friends each "adopt" a probationer first-year student to mentor.
A nice copy of this the 3rd in the Cherry Ames series. Octavo, illustrated cloth hardcover , v, pp. Name stamp to front endpaper. Endpapers have darkened with age. In color pictorial jacket over red-ish boards. Vashon Island Books Published: World Distributors, Name and store stamp in front. Shelf wear, remainder stamp to bottom edge, otherwise clean and unmarked.
Good with no dust jacket. Ex-school library copy with library makrs on front endpaper and pastedown. Cover shows normal wear, spine gently bumped.
Call tag on spine. Dan Glaeser Books Published: Light rubs to spine ends. Black titles and logo drawing of nurse's face, cover. From Wikipedia, "Helen Wells was the author of nurse Cherry Ames books, a series for young teens. She wrote volumes and Julie Campbell Tatham authored s , and had created another series character Trixie Belden. Wells was also the author of the first four Vicki Barr books and possibly the last Vicki Barr book.
Hedgehog's Whimsey Books Published: Mad Hatter Books Published: The jacket is edgeworn and damp marked a bit on the inside. Old tape residue marks. Chapter 1 Books Published: World Distributors Ltd, Age darkened text block edges. Aug 24, Kay rated it it was amazing Shelves: Enjoyed these books as a kid and am enjoying them again as an adult. Like the adventures that Cherry has.
Looking forward to rest of the series. May 01, Molly S rated it it was amazing. Set in New York City in the s with plenty of familiar, favorite characters, intrigue, and highlighting another facet of nursing, this was my 2nd favorite in the series so far. Jun 05, Michael David rated it liked it. My mother and older sister are both nurses, so whenever I would stumble on Cherry Ames books I would always try to read them.
Helen Wells did well in showing the work that nurses do and the duties that they have. In spite of its being a children's book, however, the reality and importance of nursing is still recognized.
In this book Cherry is a visiting nurse, and was instrumental in helping a social outcast regain trust in society once more. May 11, Beth rated it really liked it.
A snapshot of community nursing in New York City in the late 's. Jan 17, Libbi rated it it was amazing. Kate rated it liked it Jun 26, Ellie rated it it was amazing Apr 19, Lizzy rated it liked it Feb 15, Jenny rated it it was amazing Mar 28, Sheree rated it really liked it Dec 09, Pretentia rated it liked it Mar 31, Cheryl rated it it was amazing Jun 25, Shan Walker rated it really liked it Oct 23, Augusta Kennedy rated it really liked it Apr 04, Sue rated it it was amazing Apr 30, Elizabeth Anderson rated it liked it Dec 31, Janet rated it liked it Mar 16, Betsy rated it it was amazing Jun 10, Lana rated it really liked it Jan 17, Carol Pierce rated it it was amazing Jun 25, Maureen rated it did not like it Aug 25, There are no discussion topics on this book yet.
Social worker turned full-time young adult writer, born in Illinois but moved with family to New York City when she was seven. In Wells graduated from New York University [where she'd been the first female editor of the literary quarterly], with a major in philosophy and a minor in sociology and psychology. Author of Cherry Ames, Nurse books, a series for young teens.
She was also the author of the Vicki Barr books, about a young mystery-solving flight attendant. And, as Francine Lewis, she penned the short-lived Polly French series s , aimed at a younger readership. After writing the first eight books of the Cherry Ames series and the first three Vicki Barr books, Wells decided to abandon both series to write for television and radio, and Julie Tatham took over however, both the ninth Cherry Ames book and the fourth Vicki Barr book were published under Wells's name.
Other books in the series. Cherry Ames 1 - 10 of 27 books. And, as Francine Lewis, she penned the short-lived Polly French series, published by Whitman in the early s: Among her other books for young people were several so-called Career-Romances for Young Moderns--novels that featured a young woman pursuing a career, published by Julian Messner: Wells also wrote Escape by Night: Japanese For Young People I: Lord of the Fleas Dav Pilkey Inbunden. Do You Know Pippi Longstocking?
Skickas inom vardagar. Cherry Ames is still an Army nurse, this time aloft - as a flight nurse.