Dig Here!

by Gladys Allen

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Genres: Mystery

142 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1937

About the author

Gladys Allen was born on 2 June 1897 at Crawford, Texas. She attended the Crawford public schools, Mary Hardin-Baylor College, and Baylor University, graduating in June 1918. She was principal of a three-teacher school at Delia, Texas, in Limestone County for a year, then joined the Waco school system and taught English until 1934, when she resigned from the teaching profession. Allen was a member of the Baylor University Board of Trustees from 1941 to 1947 and from 1951 to 1953. Through her efforts, the university was readmitted to membership in the national chapter of the American Association of University Women. She bequeathed three endowed scholarships to Baylor. Allen was a member of Seventh and James Baptist Church, and served as president of the Waco Young Women's Christian Association for ten years. She also was a member of the Waco Garden Club, the Waco Garden Council, and the Waco branch of the AAUW. She died on 18 May 1953.

Reviews

[Richard · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is quite a pleasant read, and maybe more than three stars worth. First published in 1937, it's rather an innocent tale of two friends in the same boarding school who go to spend the summer at an aunt's house near the sea. They uncover some mystery, etc., not to give much away. I really liked the writing, which is very facile and clear. It's probably written with a teen girl audience in mind, but stands up quite well for a modern adult reader, and it's not full of gosh-golly and all that. The author only wrote 3-4 fiction books apparently, which is sad because she wrote well. This is the first/only to become available as a free eBook through Project Gutenberg, And I hope eventually the others are also, because the hard cover originals are fairly rare and slightly expensive on the used market.