Mary Louise and the Liberty Girls


Gelesen von Sibella Denton

(4.4 stars; 46 reviews)

The Bluebird Books is a series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. The series was begun by L. Frank Baum using his Edith Van Dyne pseudonym, then continued by at least three others, all using the same pseudonym. Baum wrote the first four books in the series, possibly with help from his son, Harry Neal Baum, on the third.

The books are concerned with adolescent girl detectives— a concept Baum had experimented with earlier, in The Daring Twins (1911) and Phoebe Daring (1912). The Bluebird series began with Mary Louise, originally written as a tribute to Baum's favorite sister, Mary Louise Baum Brewster. Baum's publisher, Reilly & Britton, rejected that manuscript, apparently judging the heroine too independent. Baum wrote a new version of the book; the original manuscript is lost. The title character is Mary Louise Burrows.

In this, the fourth book of the series, Mary Louise and friends form a group dedicated to supporting the soldiers in World War I, and she brings Josie O'Gorman in to spoil a treasonous plot against the government. (Summary from Wikipedia and Sibella Denton) (4 hr 17 min)

Kapitel

01 - The Mass Meeting 9:26 Gelesen von Sibella Denton
02 - Mary Louise Takes Command 7:42 Gelesen von Sibella Denton
03 - The Liberty Girls 16:04 Gelesen von Sibella Denton
04 - The Traitor 13:23 Gelesen von Sibella Denton
05 - Unconvincing Testimony 8:48 Gelesen von Sibella Denton
06 - To Help Win The War 12:45 Gelesen von Sibella Denton
07 - The Liberty Shop 8:13 Gelesen von Sibella Denton
08 - The Detective's Daughter 10:17 Gelesen von Sibella Denton
09 - Gathering up the Threads 10:55 Gelesen von Sibella Denton
10 - The Explosion 7:15 Gelesen von Sibella Denton
11 - A Font of Type 15:46 Gelesen von Sibella Denton
12- Josie Buys a Desk 15:06 Gelesen von Sibella Denton
13 - Joe Langley, Soldier 5:54 Gelesen von Sibella Denton
14 - The Professor is Annoyed 8:40 Gelesen von Sibella Denton
15 - Suspenders for Sale 10:16 Gelesen von Sibella Denton
16 - Mrs. Charleworth 11:19 Gelesen von Sibella Denton
17 - The Black Satchel 10:09 Gelesen von Sibella Denton
18 - A Hint from Annie Boyle 6:41 Gelesen von Sibella Denton
19 - The Printing Office 12:31 Gelesen von Sibella Denton
20 - One Girl's Wits 8:03 Gelesen von Sibella Denton
21 - Surprises 9:12 Gelesen von Sibella Denton
22 - A Slight Mistake 9:32 Gelesen von Sibella Denton
23 - The Flashlight 12:28 Gelesen von Sibella Denton
24 - After the Crisis 7:06 Gelesen von Sibella Denton
25 - Decorating 2:54 Gelesen von Sibella Denton
26 - Keeping Busy 7:13 Gelesen von Sibella Denton

Bewertungen

This was okay


(3 stars)

This book was a bit more of a commercial for war support and bonds than a real story. It's okay for the most part but gets a bit thick here and there. Reader is excellent so still worth a listen, but its not as good as the other Baum books in this series.


(3 stars)

through today's eyes, its a hard read with too much politics. I do find it amusing how much Mary and Grandpa Jim profess to hate traitors when the entire first book was Jim shielding a traitor.

good


(3 stars)

although this particular book was not as strong as the others, I really hope to see more from the bluebird book series

ok


(4 stars)

I like the other books better but still good. :)