author
Anne McQueen
Best remembered as the co-author of a spirited 1913 ranch story for young readers, this early 20th-century writer is linked with a single surviving book that still circulates through major public-domain and library collections.
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The Girls of Silver Spur Ranch
by Grace MacGowan Cooke, Anne McQueen
About the author
Anne McQueen is a little-documented author whose name survives mainly through The Girls of Silver Spur Ranch, a novel published in 1913 with Grace MacGowan Cooke. Major catalog and archive records, including the Library of Congress, Project Gutenberg, and the Online Books Page, list both women as authors of the book.
Because reliable biographical information about her is scarce in the sources available, not much can be said with confidence about her life beyond that collaboration. What does stand out is the book's lasting presence: it has been preserved by Project Gutenberg and continues to appear in library catalogs and reader databases, suggesting a modest but enduring place in classic juvenile fiction.
The Girls of Silver Spur Ranch is set in Texas ranch country and centers on sisters, family bonds, and adventure, which gives a good sense of the kind of storytelling Anne McQueen is associated with today. For many readers, that surviving work is her introduction and her legacy.