Shadow over Wide Ruin
By: [by] Florence Crannell Means, illustrated by Lorence F. Bjorklund.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin company
Published: 1942
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 227
First sentence: Hepzibah stood alone on that strange depot platform and watched her fellow passengers disappear.
Description: "This is the story of Hepzibah Plumb, who went from Denver to her uncle's trading post in New Mexico, in 1885. This was Navajo country, and, fortunately for Hepzy, the 'bah' that ended her name
was a word of good omen with the Indians. Because of it, they were prepared to accept her as a white woman apart from all other white women. That they also grew to love her happened only because Hepzy outgrew her small-town "white" ways and came to love 'the People' too.
       The Navajo boy, Dolito, was a fascinating person who didn't seem quite like the other Navajos. He helped Hepzibah to establish herself with his people and to solve the strange mystery that hung over the trading post at Wide Ruin. And in helping her, he came to know and love her and to reveal the strange story of his life.
       Adventure, mystery, the development of character, and the fascinating story of a great people make this good reading. By the author of 'Whispering Girl,' 'Shuttered Windows,' 'Tangled Waters.' and other popular books for girls."
Table of contents: label: 1
title: My Son Tommy
pagenum: 1; label: 2
title: This Is Wide Ruin!
pagenum: 9; label: 3
title: Aunt Puss and ___
pagenum: 24; label: 4
title: ___ All Sorts of Folks
pagenum: 30; label: 5
title: Hepsy's First Customer
pagenum: 41; label: 6
title: Hepsy Shows Them How
pagenum: 51; label: 7
title: A Wild Tale
pagenum: 59; label: 8
title: Younger Sister Rides
pagenum: 68; label: 9
title: The People Wonder Still More
pagenum: 76; label: 10
title: Curls and the Button-String
pagenum: 87; label: 11
title: Words from the Black Book
pagenum: 98; label: 12
title: Three Hundred and Fifty Songs
pagenum: 110; label: 13
title: ___ Stand Blue Flowers
pagenum: 125; label: 14
title: Hepzibah, the Singer
pagenum: 138; label: 15
title: The Man with the Red Bandanna
pagenum: 152; label: 16
title: Clitsoie Tells The Tale
pagenum: 164; label: 17
title: I See Death Riding
pagenum: 172; label: 18
title: The Letter That Waited
pagenum: 180; label: 19
title: I Might Find the Lost Padre Mine!
pagenum: 187; label: 20
title: But She Did Find ____
pagenum: 191; label: 21
title: Old Duffy
pagenum: 200; label: 22
title: Why ___ C-Certainly Not!
pagenum: 214