A STAR TO FOLLOW

by Elizabeth Howard ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 17, 1954

Candle in the Night (1952), and North Wind Blows Free (1949) stand on this author's record as good period fiction for girls and prepare her audience for another-this of Arizona Army life in the days of Apache warfare, and of Ellen Stacey whose life dream it was to become a doctor. An independent soul, Ellen finds silly girlhood gaiety and boy-talk foreign to her. Joining her parents out west, she has her troubles persuading them to let her study with Dr. Tower, and to accept her growing affection for Brent, an enlisted man outside the social circle. However, she does both successfully and sets out to be Arizona's first woman doctor as Brent's wife. Unnecessary romanticizing hinders movement, but the cumulative effect is all to the good.

Pub Date: March 17, 1954

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Morrow

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: March 1, 1954

Categories: FICTION