alice b. emerson
ruth fielding and the gypsies or the missing pearl necklace
Hardcover
(Cupples & Leon March 15, 1915)
, Reprint [assumed] edition
All information mentioned taken from the Ruth Fielding page. In Volumes 11-18: Ruth, Helen, and Jennie "Heavy" Stone attend Ardmore College together. Ruth continues to write moving picture scenarios and achieves even greater success. The girls leave college when the Great War begins and travel to Europe to help with the war effort. In time, the war ends, and Jennie Stone marries a French soldier. Tom Cameron suggests that he and Ruth make plans for their future, but Ruth wants a career and feels that marriage would be an obstacle. Ruth also feels that Tom is lazy and wants him to prove himself before they make a commitment. The Ruth Fielding Series is a 30 volume series that was published by Cupples and Leon from 1913 through 1934. Three authors wrote the series under the pseudonym of Alice B. Emerson. W. Bert Foster wrote volumes 1 through 19; Elizabeth M. Duffield Ward wrote volumes 20 through 22; and Mildred A. Wirt Benson wrote volumes 23 through 30. This series is important because it influenced several other major series that came later, including Nancy Drew, the Dana Girls, and Beverly Gray. Ruth Fielding is a strong-willed young woman, just like Nancy Drew, and she is also a career woman like Beverly Gray.
- Pages
- 204
- Weight
- 13.0 oz.
- Dimensions
- 7.5 x 6.2
in.