![]() She lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico, here a Harvey Hotel and Restaurant was located. In this deeply moving, historically based account, Carolyn Meyer examines the life of the model for Edgar Degass most famous sculpture, Little Dancer Aged. She is also the author of Cleopatra Confesses and Victoria Rebels. ![]() ![]() Her many award-winning novels include Mary, Bloody Mary-an ABA's Pick of the Lists, an NCSS-CBC Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies, and an ALA Best Book for Young Adults-and Marie, Dancing, a Book Sense Pick. In this fast-paced novel, best-selling author Carolyn Meyer, who has visited and researched several Harvey Hotels, brings together an unforgettable heroine with the universal themes of friendship, identity, and young love.Ĭarolyn Meyer is the acclaimed author of more than sixty books for young people, twenty of which are historical. As Kitty writes about her escapades, a loveable teenager emerges she embraces adventure, independence, her position as a Harvey Girl, and a freelance writing career. The Waitresses: The Journal of a Harvey Girl tells the first-person story of one spunky girl, Kitty Evans, as she faces the often funny and painful experiences she and fellow waitresses Cordelia and Emmy endure. They ate at Harvey Houses, where thousands of well-trained waitresses provided first-class service. In 1926, droves of Americans traveled by train across the United States to visit the West. ![]()
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