Cherry Ames, Visiting Nurse (Cherry Ames Nurse Stories, Book 8)

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1947. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x5x1. Vaughn, Frank. Front jacket flap lists through Island Nurse, no inside list. Jacket edges lightly rubbed. 1947 Hard Cover. 216 pp. Red tweed boards. Jacket art by Frank Vaughn, black-and-white frontispiece. "Cherry and her friends move to New York where they share an apartment and become visiting nurses. As she makes her rounds, Cherry learns about a mysterious recluse, living in a mansion, who has not been seen in years." "Cherry Ames is the central character in a series of 27 mystery novels with hospital settings published by Grosset & Dunlap between 1943 and 1968. Helen Wells (1910-1986) wrote volumes #1-7 and 17-27, and Julie Campbell Tatham (1908-1999), the creator of Trixie Belden, wrote volumes #8-16. Wells also created the Vicki Barr series. During World War II, the series encouraged girls to become nurses as a way to aid the war effort. Cherry Ames original editions are prized by collectors and fans. The series generated a few spin-off items including a Parker Brothers board game; some titles have been reprinted.