I started my two older daughters on cherry ames, student nurse as soon as they could sound out phrases like glowing cheeks and morphine as needed. With fully illustrated color covers and a softfinished hardcover format just like the. I think i read about 25 hardy boys books during my early years and that was good for me because i hated reading at the time. Object of the game two to six players travel around the game board, which represents various phases of nurses training, obtain six rings of six different colors, and strive be the first to graduate successfully from nursing school. Other girls series nancy drew and friends umd libraries. Lists to cherry ames island nurse on back of half title page, front flap blub on island nurse. Whether you want to solve mysteries with nancy drew and the hardy boys, ride the range with the lone ranger and zane grey, explore the world with shakespeare and uncle. Cherry ames by helen wells this 27book series about a nurse who solves mysteries on the side began in 1943 and the initial novels had patriotic themes related to world war two. I found cherrys constant jobswitching to be quite annoying by halfway through the series. Cherry ames, rural nurse by helen wells, hardcover barnes.
Cherry ames original editions are prized by collectors and fans. The series ran until 1968, and many nurses who grew up in the 1940s and 1950s were inspired to. See the complete cherry ames series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. Cherry ames, army nurse by helen wells, hardcover barnes. Cherry ames army nurse by helen wells 1944 cherry ames nurse stories 3 red cover. From what i can tell, ebrary is only available to libraries, not individual customers. Find cherry ames and cherry ames lot from a vast selection of books.
I was a 9 year old avid reader, when i was given my first cherry ames book. Cherry ames, at spencer a vintage copy by julie tatham. We currently have 0 books in this category in stock. During world war ii, the series encouraged girls to become nurses as a way to aid the war effort. During world war ii, the series encouraged girls to become nurses. Cherry ames, companion nurse cherry ames, jungle nurse cherry ames, the mystery in the doctors of.
So many people were exposed to these books over such a long time that it is no surprise that. For the picture cover editions, there will be a list of titles on the back cover of the book and another list that will appear on a pretext list inside the book. Cherry ames, my daughter will see you now the new york times. Helen wells, was a social worker turned fulltime writer, and, like her most famous heroine, an illinois native who loved new york city. Or, if the dust jacket or a pretext page lists to cherry ames, island nurse, then the book was printed in 1960, the year of publication of cherry ames, island nurse. The list is sometimes on the dust jacket, sometimes in the front of the book, and sometimes in the back of the book. Her brother, robert, has said that danville is pretty much the town that cherry ames lived in, and our house was her house.
Cherry ames is a series most of us baby boomers remember reading, along with nancy drew, trixie belden, vicki barr, dana girls, bobsey twins, hardy boys and the like. Starting in october 2005, the cherry ames books written by helen wells were reprinted springer publishing company. See more ideas about nursing books, vintage nurse and novels. I suspected that cherry ames would get ranked a 1 like vicki barr.
A clean, bright book with no names, marks, underlining or the like. The fifth boxed set, cherry ames boxed set 1720, contains cherrys final adventures in four pulsepounding mysteries. Googling cherry ames ebook got me to this page and similar pages for the sequels. Cherry ames nursing series from keller books browse. I can tell you that the excitement, romance and adventure make my career thrilling, and make my books thrilling too. I noticed strange changes in the series towards the later books, and i. We started with about 9,000 books as a paperback exchange store, and have grown over the years to about 3 times the space and 7 times the books, with both paperbacks and hardcovers. Apr 10, 2016 i have continued to wear whites and my cap although i switched to pants the first chance i got.
What was it like to be a nurse in the 1980s allnurses. Companion nurse, hardcover by wells, helen, like new used, free. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. I checked out from my local library every one of the cherry ames books growing up, and actually learned a lot from them. She did it all, student nurse, senior nurse, cruise ship nurse, public health nurse and on and on. I found cherry s constant jobswitching to be quite annoying by halfway through the series. My specialty is psychiatry, so i have spent most of my career working in street clothes, not uniforms. Jun 04, 2015 i suspect that tatham read the early cherry ames books and modeled her books after those. Check out our cherry ames books selection for the very best in unique or custom.
The annuals range from 18 cm wide by 25 cm high to 19. Combining medicine and mystery, the books chronicled cherry ames adventures as a nurse and amateur detective and surely inspired many readers to become nurses when they grew up. The annuals are oversized picture covers that are covered with cellophane in the style of the whitman books from the 1950s. Final thoughts on the cherry ames series series books for girls. Cherry ames boxed set books 14 student nurse, senior nurse.
If you are looking for a specific book which we do not have in stock, then please get in touch and well let you know just as soon as it comes in. The cherry ames girls annuals were published by world distributors in the united kingdom from 1958 to 1964. I feel like the series would have been stronger if cherry had stayed with a few of her jobs for more than one book. Cherry ames at spencer by julie tatham uncommon printing withe dollar. Apr 12, 2007 most hardy boys books have a list of titles so readers can be attracted to buying other books in the series.
Companion nurse, jungle nurse, the mystery at the doctors office, and ski nurse mystery. Cherry was getting dated for my age group and really belongs to the previous generation. It is perhaps a niche taste, but maybe not very unusual either. My guess is that more than half of you are looking a bit odd reading the newspaper with your arm upraised. Begun in 1943, the cherry ames nurse series, one of the most popular series, not only. If you are used to reading girls series like nancy drew, cherry ames is rather a. The cherry ames nurse stories were published by grosset and dunlap from 1943 to 1968. Cherry ames, the, slim black eyed, black haired, beauty who introduced me into the realm of nursing. And since many of these series spanned several yearsdecades, it is fascinating to see how these literary women evolved over time, growing older sometimes. I have a whole book shelf at my house devoted to classics like cherry ames, the. The cherry ames book series by helen wells includes books cherry ames student nurse the cherry ames nursing stories, cherry ames, senior nurse, cherry ames, army nurse, and several more. My school experience was a little like cherry ames but just a little. Mar 05, 2018 or, if the dust jacket or a pretext page lists to cherry ames, island nurse, then the book was printed in 1960, the year of publication of cherry ames, island nurse. Cherry ames was the heroine of a series of twentyseven books published between 1943 and 1968 by helen wells and julie campbell tatham.
After her initial training in cherry ames, student nurse and cherry ames, senior nurse, cherry hopped from job to job, trying her hand at all kinds of nursing while finding and solving mysteries along the way. Lots of vintage cherry ames nursing books by helen wells and julie tatham. You are viewing all stock in the cherry ames category. After her initial training in cherry ames, student nurse and cherry ames, senior nurse, cherry hopped from job to job, trying her hand at all kinds of nursing while finding and solving mysteries along the way the cherry ames series has examples of the. A new edition of cherry ames, student nurse was released by the palm healthcare foundation, inc. A true treasure to explore and pass on to our own children or just to read and discover the magic of series books all over again. In praise of the career romance the new york times. Ames guide to selfinstruction in practical and artistic. It was hot in the new york apartment at eight oclock. Again, we need to reiterate that fiction is really a function of your communitys taste and space issues. People of the book is an interview series gathering those engaged with books, broadly defined. Well known to book collectors and booklovers, our site is an excellent resource for discovering a rough value of an old book. May 17, 20 the barbara bates center has a collection of all 27 cherry ames novels. Nancy drew and judy bolton were a teen detectives, cherry ames was a nurse, vicki barr was a flight attendant, penny parker was a newspaper reporter, and beverly gray was a college student.
I have continued to wear whites and my cap although i switched to pants the first chance i got. The books are just as you remember them, retaining the same look, feel, and sense of adventure and patriotism as when they were first published. As participants answer the same set of questions, their varied responses chart an informal ethnography of the book, highlighting its rich history as a mutable medium and anticipating its potential future. Take a closer look at the hardy boys books on the shelf. This collection features seven hardcover books, most with their original paper dust jacket. I then looked at the publishers website and found their page about the cherry ames books, but there didnt seem to be any reference to ebook versions.
Cherrys training at the spencer hospital school of nursing is chronicled in the first two books. Oct 30, 2012 explore metrogal54s board nancy drew and cherry ames. The cherry ames series of books begins here with cherry ames, student nurse, featuring a freshfaced 18year old girl called cherry. Cherry ames nursemystery books we just got a large collection in. The original author of the cherry ames series was helen wells, who later decided to quit writing the cherry ames and vicki barr series in order to pursue other projects. Raise your hand if you read nancy drew or hardy boys books as a youth. Books for you has been open in the same location for over 30 years, and were proud to be a part of the local neighborhood. The cherry ames nurse stories series books for girls. Located in the historic district of downtown savannah, georgia, books on bay offers a great selection of vintage books that will bring back good memories and create new ones. We personally assess every book s quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. Back cover lists vicki barr books to the silver ring mystery, back flap lists cherry ames, island nurse. She was born helen weinstock on march 29, 1910, in danville, illinois.
I suspect that tatham read the early cherry ames books and modeled her books after those. Cherry ames, rural nurse by helen wells, hardcover. The complete series list for cherry ames helen wells. Cherry ames, companion nurse in companion nurse, cherrys job as nurse to the wellknown historical novelist martha logan would be an exciting assignment for any young and pretty rn. Cherry ames is right up there with nancy drew and the gang. The cherry ames girls annuals series books for girls. Get cozy and expand your home library with a large online selection of books at.
Under her own name, she wrote the vicki barr books, about a young mysterysolving flight attendant like cherry ames and helen wells herself, another illinoistonew york transplant. There the books might even now be moldering if i had not had given childbirth another go in 1997. Whether you want to solve mysteries with nancy drew and the hardy boys, ride the range with the lone ranger and zane grey, explore the world with shakespeare and uncle remus or travel to oz with dorothy, we have what you. It is believed that the yellow spine books were not continued because by 1962 each series had its own spine color and nancy drew was designated yellow. I feel like the series would have been stronger if cherry had stayed with a. Some, like beverly gray and vicki barr, first attend college or a professional training. For the picture cover editions, there will be a list of titles on the back cover of the book and another list. Game equipment playing board, six playing pieces, thirtysix colored rings, a spinner, and twenty cherry ames cards.
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