I have an original copy of this classic. Not a photo-copy. NOT much else of Americana as spectacular.

This is a wonderful conclusion to a great series. Aunt Miranda is dead and Rebecca is in charge of the brick house. Life has changed dramatically. However, familiar faces such has Emma Jane and Adam Ladd still appear. Mr. Ladd is taking on a new role in this book. Rebecca has brought her mother and younger siblings to come and live with her and Aunt Jane. I thoroughly enjoyed this great book. For those who are wondering, this is book was previously published under the title of Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm: the Woman.

A wonderful introduction to farm life is this beautifully illustrated children's book. With rhyming prose and full-page illustrations, "Red Are the Apples" is a delight for rural dwellers and city folk alike.

Each page takes the young reader through different crops and other elements of a thriving farm. The fun lies also in finding the hen that appears on almost every page. That becomes a "search" that the child will delight in taking.

This is a five-star book that I had the pleasure of sharing with my four-year-old niece.

I found the contents of this book to be well researched and true. having grown up in the area I knew a lot of people mentioned. I would read more of this Authors writings.

By 1880, after several years as an Army scout in the Arizona Territory, Quince Hunter realizes how hopeless the situation is as this remains Apache land. When his "friend" dies and his sister's letter tells him she needs him, Quince decides to come home to the Half Moon Ranch in Texas, the place where his father killed his mother ten years ago and he and his brother had a falling out five years ago.

Quince rescues horse farmer Glory Townsend from quicksand, but cannot save her steed. Both are attracted to one another, but neither want to follow up on the feelings that course through them. It is even worse on the family ranch where Brent remains angry for Quince walking out on them. When Quince and Glory compete for the same army contract, they realize they need to work as a team or both will lose their spreads to the bank. Love naturally blossoms.

RENEGADE MOON is a fine follow-up to Bobbi Smith's HUNTER'S MOON, but is a fine stand-alone. It is that ability to provide a complete western romance inside a series written by other authors that displays the talent of Elaine Barbieri. This novel is exciting as the lead couple refuses to give in to something as pathetic as love. Readers will enjoy this tale immensely. Readers will also look forward to the final two tales MOON RACER by Constance O'Banyon and DARK OF THE MOON by Evelyn Rogers coming out in August and September respectively.

Harriet Klausner

The story of Tom Maier and the Riata Ranch Cowboy Girls is a remarkable one, and should be an inspiration to anyone, whether they're interested in horses or not. For years, Maier has worked with children and horses, and the Cowboy Girls are world reknowned. The girls who are part of his program excel in all aspects of thier lives, thanks to the training and discipline they learn as part of this team. The story is very well written, and the photos are lavish. This book would make a great gift for anyone interested in horses, western culture, or successful models for inspiring greatness in children.

In this story Linda has to bring some of the best riders from some riding club to gold canyon on her ranch. While their there's a flash flood and Linda has to save the day and everyone else.

In Robbers Roost Recollections, Pearl Baker sets down her memories of Robbers Roost, and in doing so captures the sounds and smells, the hard work, the cowboy lingo, and the excitement of ranch life while running cattle in the rugged southern Utah terrain that was home to Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch. When her father, Joe Biddlecome, set to ranching in the early decades of this century, his wife and two daughters came to the Roost to live and ride with im in his cattle business. Readers of Baker's Robbers Roost Recollections will relive their true-life experiences and gain a unique perspective of how one family helped settle a part of the American West. Robbers Roost Recollections is a most remarkable and much appreciated contribution to the growing body of historical information and biography available for students of American history in general, and the American western frontier in particular.

Ronald Reagan And His Ranch: The Western White House 1981-1989 is a solidly written, vividly presented, behind-the-scenes insider look at the ranch owned by the Reagans during Ronald Reagan's tenure as President of the United States and which came to be nicknamed by the press as the "Western White House". From the security difficulties the ranch posed for the secret service, to humorous anecdotes, to visits by famous and powerful people, and enhanced with black-and-white as well as color photographs, Ronald Reagan And His Ranch is a unique contribution to school and community library American History, and a highly recommended study of the beloved personal retreat of one of America's most popular 20th Century presidents.