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Aunt Jane's Nieces out West

L. Frank Baum

Book Overview: 

After visiting Louise, Arthur and Toodlums at their ranch in Southern California, Beth and Patsy, together with Uncle John, decide to spend the winter at an hotel in the little village of Hollywood, where they get drawn into the new motion picture industry. New friends, adventures and mysteries await.

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .as hard as you ever rowed in all your life."

Young Weldon was prompt to obey. He asked no useless questions but, realizing that someone was in danger, he pulled a strong, steady oar and let Patsy steer the boat.

The laughter and merry shouts of the bathers, who were all unaware that a tragedy was developing close at hand, rang in the girl's ears as she peered eagerly ahead for a sign to guide her. Now she espied Maud Stanton, far out beyond the others, circling around and diving into this wave or that as it passed her.

"Whoever it was," she muttered, half aloud, "is surely done for by this time. Hurry, Arthur! I'm afraid Maud has exhausted all her strength."

But just then Maud dived again and when she reappeared was holding fast to something dark and inanimate. A moment later the boat swept to her side and she said:

"Get him aboard, if you can. Don't mind me; I'm. . . Read More

Community Reviews

An interesting mystery, combined with a look at the early days of silent film. Lots of fun!

3.5 stars, Metaphorosis reviews

Summary
Aunt Jane's nieces, still in California with Uncle John, get caught up the burgeoning film industry.

Review
Baum has a little fun in this book. First, he brings in two new – and, of course, charming – young women who have their very own, and still living, Aunt

This book is notable because it goes into fascinating technical and procedural detail about the dawn of the motion picture industry in Hollywood. There are many mentions of familiar locations to LA folks.
I especially enjoyed learning about the way they built fiction films around actual footage caug

Another wonderful story. However, it ended a little abruptly as everything came right.

Aunt Jane's Nieces Out West is the 9th of a 10 volume series about Louise, Beth and Patsy, three cousins who meet in their teens through a visit to their Aunt Jane and become fast friends. They also meet their rich uncle John Merrick who realizes these three girls will one day inherit his financial

Uncle John and his nieces discover the delights and dangers of the motion picture business when they befriend two young actresses. When a mysterious young man makes their acquaintance, the group are puzzled to explain what he is doing in California.

This penultimate book in the series is so much fun!