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On the Colorado frontier, the dream of gold shares the trail with friendship and the first tests of courage.
Polly and Eleanor brings two friends into a world of mountains, mining camps and big hopes. In Lillian Elizabeth Roy’s adventure for young readers, the Colorado frontier is more than a backdrop. Its steep trails and rough camps give growing up a setting where courage matters and the promise of gold carries risk.
At the center are Polly and Eleanor, and the friendship that joins their names. Alongside the adventure, the book explores the slower work of growing up: learning from differences, supporting another person and finding patience, honesty and nerve. It also offers a warm glimpse of how an earlier generation imagines the American West.
What you’ll discover
- A friendship at the center Follow two young friends through a tale that makes their bond as important as adventure.
- Mountains and mining camps Enter a Colorado frontier of steep trails, rough camps and the hope of sudden fortune.
- The promise of gold Explore the hopes and risks that make gold more than a glittering prize.
- Quiet tests of character Look beneath the adventure for the patience, honesty and nerve that growing up asks.
- An earlier imagined West Discover the wide land and big hopes of an early twentieth-century story for young readers.
Who will love it
You will enjoy it if you like horseback adventures, mountain weather and wildlife, spirited girls with big plans, clever schemes between friends, and comic country characters with a heart.
What’s inside
The key ideas, in the 15-minute summary
- A Race to Guard the Claim
- Fire and a Mountain on the Move
- Jeb, Sary and the Movie Girls
- A Day with the Beavers
- Two Boys, a Tripod and a Lost Uncle
- The Polly-Eleanor Company and a Girl's Stand
- A Proposal Behind the Pigsty
- Fair Days, Engagements and Eleanor's Irons in the Fire
- What the Story Is Really About
Who’s who
- Polly BrewsterA fourteen-year-old Colorado rancher's daughter, brave and honest, who has found a gold mine and longs to leave her crater home for school.
- Eleanor MaynardA frail, quick-witted Chicago girl who befriends Polly and fills her head with bold schemes for school, business and travel.
- Sam BrewsterPolly's father, a rancher who guards the mine and the Rainbow Cliffs, and fears losing his daughter to a faraway school.
- Mrs. BrewsterPolly's wise mother, who guides the family with calm good sense and quietly supports her daughter's ambitions.
- Rattle-Snake MikeA proud Indian scout who reads the mountain trails like a book and guides the party through danger.
- JebThe small, kindly ranch hand who dreams of movie-screen beauties and wants to escape Sary's determined courtship.
- Sary DoddThe big, strong widow who cooks at Pebbly Pit and has decided to marry Jeb, whether he likes it or not.
- Anne StewartA young Denver teacher who tutors Eleanor, supports her family, and is loved by Polly's brother John.
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Polly und Eleanor
by Lillian Elizabeth Roy · 1922
Two girls find a gold mine on Top Notch Trail, and claim jumpers, a mountain slide and a bold plan follow.
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Polly and Eleanor is the second book in the Polly Brewster series by Lillian Elizabeth Roy, written in the 1920s for young readers. It follows Polly, a fourteen-year-old Colorado rancher's daughter, and Eleanor, a lively Chicago girl, right after they have found a gold vein on Top Notch Trail.
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A Race to Guard the Claim
The story opens at the Pebbly Pit ranch house on the evening the claim to Montresor's Mine is filed at Oak Creek. Polly Brewster and her friend Eleanor Maynard have found gold on Top Notch Trail, and now the grown-ups must protect it. Sam Brewster has sent a coded telegram to his son John, because he fears every rascal in the county will head for the mountain if the news gets out. He plans to take a lawyer named Simms, the sheriff and the sheriff's strong son along as guards.
Mrs. Brewster suggests hiring Rattle-Snake Mike, an Indian scout who is proud of his famous ancestor and cleverer than anyone in the district. The party includes Polly's mother, the teacher Anne Stewart, and Eleanor's older sister Barbara, who dislikes the rough life and mutters about her chances of being shot. Eleanor, who is frail but fearless, can hardly wait. Meanwhile the narrator stops to introduce the cast. Polly lives in the crater of an extinct volcano, guarded by the colored stone walls of Rainbow Cliffs. She has never been farther than Oak Creek, and she dreams of high school in Denver.
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What is Polly and Eleanor about?
It is a Colorado adventure for young readers. Polly Brewster and her friend Eleanor Maynard find a gold mine, then face claim jumpers, a forest fire and a snow slide while Polly dreams of going to school in the city.
Do I need to read Polly of Pebbly Pit first?
The book stands well on its own. The narrator introduces the main people early, explaining who Polly, Eleanor, Anne and the Brewster family are, so new readers can follow the gold mine plot easily.
Who is Rattle-Snake Mike?
Mike is an Indian scout who knows the mountains better than anyone near Oak Creek. He guides the party up Top Notch Trail, reads hoofprints and boot marks, and helps save lives when the avalanche comes.
The author
Lillian Elizabeth Roy
1868–1932 · American children's writer
Lillian Elizabeth Roy (1868–1932) was an American writer who lived in the United States. She wrote books for children in the early twentieth century. Her titles include Polly's Business Venture, Polly and Eleanor, and Girl Scouts in the Adirondacks. She wrote several books in these series.
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