
THE RANCH GIRLS SERIES - The Ranch Girls and Their Heart's Desire - BY MARGARET VANDERCOOK
ILLUSTRATIONS
The Ranch Girls and Their Heart's Desire
CHAPTER I - THE BRANCH OF THE TREE
CHAPTER II - THE YOUNGER SET
CHAPTER III - OLD PASTIMES
CHAPTER IV - A FORMER ACQUAINTANCE
CHAPTER V - JEAN, OLIVE AND FRIEDA
CHAPTER VI - JEAN AND RALPH MERRITT
CHAPTER VII - THE TEA PARTY
Across the sprawling Wyoming prairie, Jacqueline Ralston—once known as Lady Kent—rides back to the Rainbow Ranch she once called home. After her English husband’s death, she and her young son Jimmie arrive with the weight of aristocratic expectations trailing behind them. The landscape, painted in gold‑tinged clouds and fields of purple clover, mirrors the freedom she has always craved.
Now she faces a quiet but profound choice: remain on the open range, raising Jimmie among the ranch hands who have become family, or return to England to fulfill a title she never embraced. Her conversation with longtime friend Jim Colter reveals a heart torn between duty and the untamed spirit of the West. Listeners will join Jacqueline as she weighs love, identity, and the promise of a life lived on her own terms.
Language
en
Duration
~4 hours (239K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
Release date
2011-08-30
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1876–1958
Best known for lively series fiction for young readers, this American author built adventurous worlds around friendship, service, and independence. Her books about Camp Fire Girls, Girl Scouts, Ranch Girls, and Red Cross Girls made her a familiar name in early 20th-century children's literature.
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