Dorothy Dale – A Girl of Today

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Dorothy Dale is the daughter of a gray Civil War long-serving soldier who is managing an intermittent publication in a little Eastern village. Her happy state, her sparkling characteristics and her struggles and successes make neat, exciting and noteworthy comprehension. The series of Dorothy Dale is among the very famous sequels of stories for youngsters continually written.

Margaret Penrose was a house stage name made use by the Stratemeyer Syndicate. The tag Margaret Penrose was applied for: The Dorothy Dale stories; The sequels of Radio Girls; thereafter republished as The Campfire Girls series; The tales of Motor Girls.

Most of these works were created by Lilian Garis. The sequels of Dorothy Dale was issued by the Stratemeyer Syndicate making use of the house stage name Margaret Penrose. This was Stratemeyer’s earliest “Girls Series”.

The characters in the story are: Dorothy Dale; Major Dale; Ned & Nat White; and Tavia Travers.

The Dorothy Dale series include: Dorothy Dale: A Girl of Today; Dorothy Dale at Glenwood School; Dorothy Dale’s Great Secret; Dorothy Dale and Her Chums; Dorothy Dale’s Queer Holidays; Dorothy Dale’s Camping Days; Dorothy Dale’s School Rivals; Dorothy Dale in the City; Dorothy Dale’s Promise; Dorothy Dale in the West; Dorothy Dale’s Strange Discovery; Dorothy Dale’s Engagement; and Dorothy Dale to the Rescue.

Lilian C. McNamara, better known as Lilian C. Garis was a United States writer who scribbled innumerable works of children’s stories. Before becoming a writer, she was a broadcaster for the Newark Evening News in New Jersey.

For the Stratemeyer Syndicate she composed using the pen name Margaret Penrose and Laura Lee Hope, with her books containing many of the first stories in the series of Bobbsey Twins along with the series of Dorothy Dale. But Mrs. Garis also composed a few pieces using her real name.
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