L. Frank Baum 
Aunt Jane’s Nieces and Uncle John 

The sixth in the ’Aunt Jane’ series, this novel picks up a few days after the wedding of Louise to Arthur Weldon. While she is away enjoying her honeymoon, Uncle John decides that he and his two other nieces Elizabeth and Patsy, along with Patsy’s father Major John, should escape the harsh New York winter for some winter sun in southern California. As the party travel across America they find a poor orphan facing a dilemma, and encounter unruly cowboys and wild coyotes. Packed full of adventure, this is an exciting read from the famous ’Oz’ author L. Frank Baum.-