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Lädt ... The Blythe Girls: Three On A Vacation, or, The Mystery at Peach Farm (1925)von Laura Lee Hope
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Many of the themes and tropes seen in the previous four volumes of The Blythe Girls series can be seen also in Three on a Vacation, from the reassuring appearance of male friends and rescuers, just at the opportune time, to the interconnected nature of seemingly disparate challenges and puzzles that the girls encounter. There is nothing here to surprise - it went without saying that the girls would resolve the issue of Laura Small, and as soon as Mrs. Butterworth appeared in the tale, I knew just how it would be done! - but the story will still have appeal for readers of vintage girls' series. Unfortunately, I didn't enjoy this installment as much as the previous ones, as the latent xenophobia glimpsed in those earlier titles becomes more pronounced here. Clearly, for the author penning this 1925 tome, Italian-Americans were still considered 'foreigners,' and potentially dangerous foreigners at that. Quite by accident, I happened to be reading another vintage children's title from this period - a boys' sports novel from 1923 - that took a very different perspective, so the prejudice displayed here, although perhaps more common in the early decades of the twentieth century, was by no means ubiquitous, even then. However that may be, with the proviso that they be aware of the outdated views it contains, I would recommend this book to readers of vintage girls' fare. Having now exhausted the volumes of this series that I myself own, I plan to read the remaining seven titles at the NYPL. ( )