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The Bluebird Books is a series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. The series was begun by L. Frank Baum using his Edith Van Dyne pseudonym, then...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[04 - Getting Acquainted. Mary Louise in the Country, by L. Frank Baum.  <br />The Bluebird Books is a series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. The series was begun by L. Frank Baum using his Edith Van Dyne pseudonym, then continued by at least three others, all using the same pseudonym. Baum wrote the first four books in the series, possibly with help from his son, Harry Neal Baum, on the third.  <br />The books are concerned with adolescent girl detectives— a concept Baum had experimented with earlier, in The Daring Twins (1911) and Phoebe Daring (1912). The Bluebird series began with Mary Louise, originally written as a tribute to Baum's favorite sister, Mary Louise Baum Brewster. Baum's publisher, Reilly &amp; Britton, rejected that manuscript, apparently judging the heroine too independent. Baum wrote a new version of the book; the original manuscript is lost.<br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--6754746/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--6754746/support</a>.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>669</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/1777c47aac0b02161a21944f620b9d77.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>05 - Mary Louise becomes a Peacemaker. Mary Louise in the Country, by L. Frank Baum.</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/05-mary-louise-becomes-a-peacemaker-mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--67977157</link><description><![CDATA[05 - Mary Louise becomes a Peacemaker. Mary Louise in the Country, by L. Frank Baum.  <br />The Bluebird Books is a series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. The series was begun by L. Frank Baum using his Edith Van Dyne pseudonym, then continued by at least three others, all using the same pseudonym. Baum wrote the first four books in the series, possibly with help from his son, Harry Neal Baum, on the third.  <br />The books are concerned with adolescent girl detectives— a concept Baum had experimented with earlier, in The Daring Twins (1911) and Phoebe Daring (1912). The Bluebird series began with Mary Louise, originally written as a tribute to Baum's favorite sister, Mary Louise Baum Brewster. Baum's publisher, Reilly &amp; Britton, rejected that manuscript, apparently judging the heroine too independent. Baum wrote a new version of the book; the original manuscript is lost.<br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--6754746/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--6754746/support</a>.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67977157</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 20:33:03 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/67977157/marylouiseinthecountry_05_baum_64kb.mp3" length="2724733" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>AudioBooks</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>05 - Mary Louise becomes a Peacemaker. Mary Louise in the Country, by L. Frank Baum.  
The Bluebird Books is a series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. The series was begun by L. Frank Baum using his Edith Van Dyne...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[05 - Mary Louise becomes a Peacemaker. Mary Louise in the Country, by L. Frank Baum.  <br />The Bluebird Books is a series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. The series was begun by L. Frank Baum using his Edith Van Dyne pseudonym, then continued by at least three others, all using the same pseudonym. Baum wrote the first four books in the series, possibly with help from his son, Harry Neal Baum, on the third.  <br />The books are concerned with adolescent girl detectives— a concept Baum had experimented with earlier, in The Daring Twins (1911) and Phoebe Daring (1912). The Bluebird series began with Mary Louise, originally written as a tribute to Baum's favorite sister, Mary Louise Baum Brewster. Baum's publisher, Reilly &amp; Britton, rejected that manuscript, apparently judging the heroine too independent. Baum wrote a new version of the book; the original manuscript is lost.<br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--6754746/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--6754746/support</a>.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>341</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/1777c47aac0b02161a21944f620b9d77.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>06 - The Afternoon Tea. Mary Louise in the Country, by L. Frank Baum.</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/06-the-afternoon-tea-mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--67977182</link><description><![CDATA[06 - The Afternoon Tea. Mary Louise in the Country, by L. Frank Baum.  <br />The Bluebird Books is a series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. The series was begun by L. Frank Baum using his Edith Van Dyne pseudonym, then continued by at least three others, all using the same pseudonym. Baum wrote the first four books in the series, possibly with help from his son, Harry Neal Baum, on the third.  <br />The books are concerned with adolescent girl detectives— a concept Baum had experimented with earlier, in The Daring Twins (1911) and Phoebe Daring (1912). The Bluebird series began with Mary Louise, originally written as a tribute to Baum's favorite sister, Mary Louise Baum Brewster. Baum's publisher, Reilly &amp; Britton, rejected that manuscript, apparently judging the heroine too independent. Baum wrote a new version of the book; the original manuscript is lost.<br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--6754746/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--6754746/support</a>.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67977182</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 20:34:44 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/67977182/marylouiseinthecountry_06_baum_64kb.mp3" length="7128838" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>AudioBooks</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>06 - The Afternoon Tea. Mary Louise in the Country, by L. Frank Baum.  
The Bluebird Books is a series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. The series was begun by L. Frank Baum using his Edith Van Dyne pseudonym, then...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[06 - The Afternoon Tea. Mary Louise in the Country, by L. Frank Baum.  <br />The Bluebird Books is a series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. The series was begun by L. Frank Baum using his Edith Van Dyne pseudonym, then continued by at least three others, all using the same pseudonym. Baum wrote the first four books in the series, possibly with help from his son, Harry Neal Baum, on the third.  <br />The books are concerned with adolescent girl detectives— a concept Baum had experimented with earlier, in The Daring Twins (1911) and Phoebe Daring (1912). The Bluebird series began with Mary Louise, originally written as a tribute to Baum's favorite sister, Mary Louise Baum Brewster. Baum's publisher, Reilly &amp; Britton, rejected that manuscript, apparently judging the heroine too independent. Baum wrote a new version of the book; the original manuscript is lost.<br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--6754746/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--6754746/support</a>.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>892</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/1777c47aac0b02161a21944f620b9d77.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>07 - Mary Louise Calls for Help. Mary Louise in the Country, by L. Frank Baum.</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/07-mary-louise-calls-for-help-mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--67977202</link><description><![CDATA[07 - Mary Louise Calls for Help. Mary Louise in the Country, by L. Frank Baum.  <br />The Bluebird Books is a series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. The series was begun by L. Frank Baum using his Edith Van Dyne pseudonym, then continued by at least three others, all using the same pseudonym. Baum wrote the first four books in the series, possibly with help from his son, Harry Neal Baum, on the third.  <br />The books are concerned with adolescent girl detectives— a concept Baum had experimented with earlier, in The Daring Twins (1911) and Phoebe Daring (1912). The Bluebird series began with Mary Louise, originally written as a tribute to Baum's favorite sister, Mary Louise Baum Brewster. Baum's publisher, Reilly &amp; Britton, rejected that manuscript, apparently judging the heroine too independent. Baum wrote a new version of the book; the original manuscript is lost.<br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--6754746/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--6754746/support</a>.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67977202</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 20:36:45 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/67977202/marylouiseinthecountry_07_baum_64kb.mp3" length="5838941" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>AudioBooks</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>07 - Mary Louise Calls for Help. Mary Louise in the Country, by L. Frank Baum.  
The Bluebird Books is a series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. The series was begun by L. Frank Baum using his Edith Van Dyne pseudonym, then...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[07 - Mary Louise Calls for Help. Mary Louise in the Country, by L. Frank Baum.  <br />The Bluebird Books is a series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. The series was begun by L. Frank Baum using his Edith Van Dyne pseudonym, then continued by at least three others, all using the same pseudonym. Baum wrote the first four books in the series, possibly with help from his son, Harry Neal Baum, on the third.  <br />The books are concerned with adolescent girl detectives— a concept Baum had experimented with earlier, in The Daring Twins (1911) and Phoebe Daring (1912). The Bluebird series began with Mary Louise, originally written as a tribute to Baum's favorite sister, Mary Louise Baum Brewster. Baum's publisher, Reilly &amp; Britton, rejected that manuscript, apparently judging the heroine too independent. Baum wrote a new version of the book; the original manuscript is lost.<br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--6754746/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--6754746/support</a>.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>730</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/1777c47aac0b02161a21944f620b9d77.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>08 - The Red-Headed Girl. Mary Louise in the Country, by L. Frank Baum.</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/08-the-red-headed-girl-mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--67977226</link><description><![CDATA[08 - The Red-Headed Girl. Mary Louise in the Country, by L. Frank Baum.  <br />The Bluebird Books is a series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. The series was begun by L. Frank Baum using his Edith Van Dyne pseudonym, then continued by at least three others, all using the same pseudonym. Baum wrote the first four books in the series, possibly with help from his son, Harry Neal Baum, on the third.  <br />The books are concerned with adolescent girl detectives— a concept Baum had experimented with earlier, in The Daring Twins (1911) and Phoebe Daring (1912). The Bluebird series began with Mary Louise, originally written as a tribute to Baum's favorite sister, Mary Louise Baum Brewster. Baum's publisher, Reilly &amp; Britton, rejected that manuscript, apparently judging the heroine too independent. Baum wrote a new version of the book; the original manuscript is lost.<br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--6754746/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--6754746/support</a>.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67977226</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 20:38:17 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/67977226/marylouiseinthecountry_08_baum_64kb.mp3" length="7050471" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>AudioBooks</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>08 - The Red-Headed Girl. Mary Louise in the Country, by L. Frank Baum.  
The Bluebird Books is a series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. The series was begun by L. Frank Baum using his Edith Van Dyne pseudonym, then...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[08 - The Red-Headed Girl. Mary Louise in the Country, by L. Frank Baum.  <br />The Bluebird Books is a series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. The series was begun by L. Frank Baum using his Edith Van Dyne pseudonym, then continued by at least three others, all using the same pseudonym. Baum wrote the first four books in the series, possibly with help from his son, Harry Neal Baum, on the third.  <br />The books are concerned with adolescent girl detectives— a concept Baum had experimented with earlier, in The Daring Twins (1911) and Phoebe Daring (1912). The Bluebird series began with Mary Louise, originally written as a tribute to Baum's favorite sister, Mary Louise Baum Brewster. Baum's publisher, Reilly &amp; Britton, rejected that manuscript, apparently judging the heroine too independent. Baum wrote a new version of the book; the original manuscript is lost.<br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--6754746/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--6754746/support</a>.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>882</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/1777c47aac0b02161a21944f620b9d77.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>09 - Josie Investigates. Mary Louise in the Country, by L. Frank Baum.</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/09-josie-investigates-mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--67977247</link><description><![CDATA[09 - Josie Investigates. Mary Louise in the Country, by L. Frank Baum.  <br />The Bluebird Books is a series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. The series was begun by L. Frank Baum using his Edith Van Dyne pseudonym, then continued by at least three others, all using the same pseudonym. Baum wrote the first four books in the series, possibly with help from his son, Harry Neal Baum, on the third.  <br />The books are concerned with adolescent girl detectives— a concept Baum had experimented with earlier, in The Daring Twins (1911) and Phoebe Daring (1912). The Bluebird series began with Mary Louise, originally written as a tribute to Baum's favorite sister, Mary Louise Baum Brewster. Baum's publisher, Reilly &amp; Britton, rejected that manuscript, apparently judging the heroine too independent. Baum wrote a new version of the book; the original manuscript is lost.<br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--6754746/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--6754746/support</a>.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67977247</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 20:41:56 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/67977247/marylouiseinthecountry_09_baum_64kb.mp3" length="4534357" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>AudioBooks</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>09 - Josie Investigates. Mary Louise in the Country, by L. Frank Baum.  
The Bluebird Books is a series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. The series was begun by L. Frank Baum using his Edith Van Dyne pseudonym, then...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[09 - Josie Investigates. Mary Louise in the Country, by L. Frank Baum.  <br />The Bluebird Books is a series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. The series was begun by L. Frank Baum using his Edith Van Dyne pseudonym, then continued by at least three others, all using the same pseudonym. Baum wrote the first four books in the series, possibly with help from his son, Harry Neal Baum, on the third.  <br />The books are concerned with adolescent girl detectives— a concept Baum had experimented with earlier, in The Daring Twins (1911) and Phoebe Daring (1912). The Bluebird series began with Mary Louise, originally written as a tribute to Baum's favorite sister, Mary Louise Baum Brewster. Baum's publisher, Reilly &amp; Britton, rejected that manuscript, apparently judging the heroine too independent. Baum wrote a new version of the book; the original manuscript is lost.<br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--6754746/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--6754746/support</a>.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>567</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/1777c47aac0b02161a21944f620b9d77.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>10 - Ingua is Confidential. Mary Louise in the Country, by L. Frank Baum.</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/10-ingua-is-confidential-mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--67977300</link><description><![CDATA[10 - Ingua is Confidential. Mary Louise in the Country, by L. Frank Baum.  <br />The Bluebird Books is a series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. The series was begun by L. Frank Baum using his Edith Van Dyne pseudonym, then continued by at least three others, all using the same pseudonym. Baum wrote the first four books in the series, possibly with help from his son, Harry Neal Baum, on the third.  <br />The books are concerned with adolescent girl detectives— a concept Baum had experimented with earlier, in The Daring Twins (1911) and Phoebe Daring (1912). The Bluebird series began with Mary Louise, originally written as a tribute to Baum's favorite sister, Mary Louise Baum Brewster. Baum's publisher, Reilly &amp; Britton, rejected that manuscript, apparently judging the heroine too independent. Baum wrote a new version of the book; the original manuscript is lost.<br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--6754746/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--6754746/support</a>.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67977300</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 20:52:22 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/67977300/marylouiseinthecountry_10_baum_64kb.mp3" length="5001844" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>AudioBooks</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>10 - Ingua is Confidential. Mary Louise in the Country, by L. Frank Baum.  
The Bluebird Books is a series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. The series was begun by L. Frank Baum using his Edith Van Dyne pseudonym, then...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[10 - Ingua is Confidential. Mary Louise in the Country, by L. Frank Baum.  <br />The Bluebird Books is a series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. The series was begun by L. Frank Baum using his Edith Van Dyne pseudonym, then continued by at least three others, all using the same pseudonym. Baum wrote the first four books in the series, possibly with help from his son, Harry Neal Baum, on the third.  <br />The books are concerned with adolescent girl detectives— a concept Baum had experimented with earlier, in The Daring Twins (1911) and Phoebe Daring (1912). The Bluebird series began with Mary Louise, originally written as a tribute to Baum's favorite sister, Mary Louise Baum Brewster. Baum's publisher, Reilly &amp; Britton, rejected that manuscript, apparently judging the heroine too independent. Baum wrote a new version of the book; the original manuscript is lost.<br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--6754746/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--6754746/support</a>.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>626</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/1777c47aac0b02161a21944f620b9d77.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>11 - The Fate of Ned Joselyn. Mary Louise in the Country, by L. Frank Baum.</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/11-the-fate-of-ned-joselyn-mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--67977314</link><description><![CDATA[11 - The Fate of Ned Joselyn. Mary Louise in the Country, by L. Frank Baum.  <br />The Bluebird Books is a series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. The series was begun by L. Frank Baum using his Edith Van Dyne pseudonym, then continued by at least three others, all using the same pseudonym. Baum wrote the first four books in the series, possibly with help from his son, Harry Neal Baum, on the third.  <br />The books are concerned with adolescent girl detectives— a concept Baum had experimented with earlier, in The Daring Twins (1911) and Phoebe Daring (1912). The Bluebird series began with Mary Louise, originally written as a tribute to Baum's favorite sister, Mary Louise Baum Brewster. Baum's publisher, Reilly &amp; Britton, rejected that manuscript, apparently judging the heroine too independent. Baum wrote a new version of the book; the original manuscript is lost.<br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--6754746/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--6754746/support</a>.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67977314</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 20:54:08 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/67977314/marylouiseinthecountry_11_baum_64kb.mp3" length="3573469" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>AudioBooks</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>11 - The Fate of Ned Joselyn. Mary Louise in the Country, by L. Frank Baum.  
The Bluebird Books is a series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. The series was begun by L. Frank Baum using his Edith Van Dyne pseudonym, then...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[11 - The Fate of Ned Joselyn. Mary Louise in the Country, by L. Frank Baum.  <br />The Bluebird Books is a series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. The series was begun by L. Frank Baum using his Edith Van Dyne pseudonym, then continued by at least three others, all using the same pseudonym. Baum wrote the first four books in the series, possibly with help from his son, Harry Neal Baum, on the third.  <br />The books are concerned with adolescent girl detectives— a concept Baum had experimented with earlier, in The Daring Twins (1911) and Phoebe Daring (1912). The Bluebird series began with Mary Louise, originally written as a tribute to Baum's favorite sister, Mary Louise Baum Brewster. Baum's publisher, Reilly &amp; Britton, rejected that manuscript, apparently judging the heroine too independent. Baum wrote a new version of the book; the original manuscript is lost.<br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--6754746/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--6754746/support</a>.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>447</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/1777c47aac0b02161a21944f620b9d77.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>12 - Theories are Dangerous. Mary Louise in the Country, by L. Frank Baum.</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/12-theories-are-dangerous-mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--67977327</link><description><![CDATA[12 - Theories are Dangerous. Mary Louise in the Country, by L. Frank Baum.  <br />The Bluebird Books is a series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. The series was begun by L. Frank Baum using his Edith Van Dyne pseudonym, then continued by at least three others, all using the same pseudonym. Baum wrote the first four books in the series, possibly with help from his son, Harry Neal Baum, on the third.  <br />The books are concerned with adolescent girl detectives— a concept Baum had experimented with earlier, in The Daring Twins (1911) and Phoebe Daring (1912). The Bluebird series began with Mary Louise, originally written as a tribute to Baum's favorite sister, Mary Louise Baum Brewster. Baum's publisher, Reilly &amp; Britton, rejected that manuscript, apparently judging the heroine too independent. Baum wrote a new version of the book; the original manuscript is lost.<br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--6754746/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--6754746/support</a>.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67977327</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 20:55:49 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/67977327/marylouiseinthecountry_12_baum_64kb.mp3" length="4411686" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>AudioBooks</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>12 - Theories are Dangerous. Mary Louise in the Country, by L. Frank Baum.  
The Bluebird Books is a series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. The series was begun by L. Frank Baum using his Edith Van Dyne pseudonym, then...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[12 - Theories are Dangerous. Mary Louise in the Country, by L. Frank Baum.  <br />The Bluebird Books is a series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. The series was begun by L. Frank Baum using his Edith Van Dyne pseudonym, then continued by at least three others, all using the same pseudonym. Baum wrote the first four books in the series, possibly with help from his son, Harry Neal Baum, on the third.  <br />The books are concerned with adolescent girl detectives— a concept Baum had experimented with earlier, in The Daring Twins (1911) and Phoebe Daring (1912). The Bluebird series began with Mary Louise, originally written as a tribute to Baum's favorite sister, Mary Louise Baum Brewster. Baum's publisher, Reilly &amp; Britton, rejected that manuscript, apparently judging the heroine too independent. Baum wrote a new version of the book; the original manuscript is lost.<br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--6754746/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--6754746/support</a>.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>552</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/1777c47aac0b02161a21944f620b9d77.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>13 - Bluff and Rebuff. Mary Louise in the Country, by L. Frank Baum.</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/13-bluff-and-rebuff-mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--67977338</link><description><![CDATA[13 - Bluff and Rebuff. Mary Louise in the Country, by L. Frank Baum.  <br />The Bluebird Books is a series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. The series was begun by L. Frank Baum using his Edith Van Dyne pseudonym, then continued by at least three others, all using the same pseudonym. Baum wrote the first four books in the series, possibly with help from his son, Harry Neal Baum, on the third.  <br />The books are concerned with adolescent girl detectives— a concept Baum had experimented with earlier, in The Daring Twins (1911) and Phoebe Daring (1912). The Bluebird series began with Mary Louise, originally written as a tribute to Baum's favorite sister, Mary Louise Baum Brewster. Baum's publisher, Reilly &amp; Britton, rejected that manuscript, apparently judging the heroine too independent. Baum wrote a new version of the book; the original manuscript is lost.<br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--6754746/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--6754746/support</a>.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67977338</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 20:57:25 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/67977338/marylouiseinthecountry_13_baum_64kb.mp3" length="4322242" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>AudioBooks</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>13 - Bluff and Rebuff. Mary Louise in the Country, by L. Frank Baum.  
The Bluebird Books is a series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. The series was begun by L. Frank Baum using his Edith Van Dyne pseudonym, then continued...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[13 - Bluff and Rebuff. Mary Louise in the Country, by L. Frank Baum.  <br />The Bluebird Books is a series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. The series was begun by L. Frank Baum using his Edith Van Dyne pseudonym, then continued by at least three others, all using the same pseudonym. Baum wrote the first four books in the series, possibly with help from his son, Harry Neal Baum, on the third.  <br />The books are concerned with adolescent girl detectives— a concept Baum had experimented with earlier, in The Daring Twins (1911) and Phoebe Daring (1912). The Bluebird series began with Mary Louise, originally written as a tribute to Baum's favorite sister, Mary Louise Baum Brewster. Baum's publisher, Reilly &amp; Britton, rejected that manuscript, apparently judging the heroine too independent. Baum wrote a new version of the book; the original manuscript is lost.<br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--6754746/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--6754746/support</a>.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>541</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/1777c47aac0b02161a21944f620b9d77.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>14 - Midnight Vigils. Mary Louise in the Country, by L. Frank Baum.</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/14-midnight-vigils-mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--67977345</link><description><![CDATA[14 - Midnight Vigils. Mary Louise in the Country, by L. Frank Baum.  <br />The Bluebird Books is a series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. The series was begun by L. Frank Baum using his Edith Van Dyne pseudonym, then continued by at least three others, all using the same pseudonym. Baum wrote the first four books in the series, possibly with help from his son, Harry Neal Baum, on the third.  <br />The books are concerned with adolescent girl detectives— a concept Baum had experimented with earlier, in The Daring Twins (1911) and Phoebe Daring (1912). The Bluebird series began with Mary Louise, originally written as a tribute to Baum's favorite sister, Mary Louise Baum Brewster. Baum's publisher, Reilly &amp; Britton, rejected that manuscript, apparently judging the heroine too independent. Baum wrote a new version of the book; the original manuscript is lost.<br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--6754746/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--6754746/support</a>.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67977345</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 21:00:08 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/67977345/marylouiseinthecountry_14_baum_64kb.mp3" length="5485632" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>AudioBooks</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>14 - Midnight Vigils. Mary Louise in the Country, by L. Frank Baum.  
The Bluebird Books is a series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. The series was begun by L. Frank Baum using his Edith Van Dyne pseudonym, then continued...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[14 - Midnight Vigils. Mary Louise in the Country, by L. Frank Baum.  <br />The Bluebird Books is a series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. The series was begun by L. Frank Baum using his Edith Van Dyne pseudonym, then continued by at least three others, all using the same pseudonym. Baum wrote the first four books in the series, possibly with help from his son, Harry Neal Baum, on the third.  <br />The books are concerned with adolescent girl detectives— a concept Baum had experimented with earlier, in The Daring Twins (1911) and Phoebe Daring (1912). The Bluebird series began with Mary Louise, originally written as a tribute to Baum's favorite sister, Mary Louise Baum Brewster. Baum's publisher, Reilly &amp; Britton, rejected that manuscript, apparently judging the heroine too independent. Baum wrote a new version of the book; the original manuscript is lost.<br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--6754746/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--6754746/support</a>.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>686</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/1777c47aac0b02161a21944f620b9d77.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>15 - "Old Swallowtail". Mary Louise in the Country, by L. Frank Baum.</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/15-old-swallowtail-mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--67977355</link><description><![CDATA[15 - "Old Swallowtail". Mary Louise in the Country, by L. Frank Baum.  <br />The Bluebird Books is a series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. The series was begun by L. Frank Baum using his Edith Van Dyne pseudonym, then continued by at least three others, all using the same pseudonym. Baum wrote the first four books in the series, possibly with help from his son, Harry Neal Baum, on the third.  <br />The books are concerned with adolescent girl detectives— a concept Baum had experimented with earlier, in The Daring Twins (1911) and Phoebe Daring (1912). The Bluebird series began with Mary Louise, originally written as a tribute to Baum's favorite sister, Mary Louise Baum Brewster. Baum's publisher, Reilly &amp; Britton, rejected that manuscript, apparently judging the heroine too independent. Baum wrote a new version of the book; the original manuscript is lost.<br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--6754746/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--6754746/support</a>.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67977355</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 21:01:46 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/67977355/marylouiseinthecountry_15_baum_64kb.mp3" length="3942736" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>AudioBooks</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>15 - "Old Swallowtail". Mary Louise in the Country, by L. Frank Baum.  
The Bluebird Books is a series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. The series was begun by L. Frank Baum using his Edith Van Dyne pseudonym, then...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[15 - "Old Swallowtail". Mary Louise in the Country, by L. Frank Baum.  <br />The Bluebird Books is a series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. The series was begun by L. Frank Baum using his Edith Van Dyne pseudonym, then continued by at least three others, all using the same pseudonym. Baum wrote the first four books in the series, possibly with help from his son, Harry Neal Baum, on the third.  <br />The books are concerned with adolescent girl detectives— a concept Baum had experimented with earlier, in The Daring Twins (1911) and Phoebe Daring (1912). The Bluebird series began with Mary Louise, originally written as a tribute to Baum's favorite sister, Mary Louise Baum Brewster. Baum's publisher, Reilly &amp; Britton, rejected that manuscript, apparently judging the heroine too independent. Baum wrote a new version of the book; the original manuscript is lost.<br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--6754746/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--6754746/support</a>.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>493</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/1777c47aac0b02161a21944f620b9d77.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>16 - Ingua's New Dress. Mary Louise in the Country, by L. Frank Baum.</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/16-ingua-s-new-dress-mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--67977366</link><description><![CDATA[16 - Ingua's New Dress. Mary Louise in the Country, by L. Frank Baum.  <br />The Bluebird Books is a series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. The series was begun by L. Frank Baum using his Edith Van Dyne pseudonym, then continued by at least three others, all using the same pseudonym. Baum wrote the first four books in the series, possibly with help from his son, Harry Neal Baum, on the third.  <br />The books are concerned with adolescent girl detectives— a concept Baum had experimented with earlier, in The Daring Twins (1911) and Phoebe Daring (1912). The Bluebird series began with Mary Louise, originally written as a tribute to Baum's favorite sister, Mary Louise Baum Brewster. Baum's publisher, Reilly &amp; Britton, rejected that manuscript, apparently judging the heroine too independent. Baum wrote a new version of the book; the original manuscript is lost.<br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--6754746/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--6754746/support</a>.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67977366</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 21:03:42 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/67977366/marylouiseinthecountry_16_baum_64kb.mp3" length="2871506" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>AudioBooks</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>16 - Ingua's New Dress. Mary Louise in the Country, by L. Frank Baum.  
The Bluebird Books is a series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. The series was begun by L. Frank Baum using his Edith Van Dyne pseudonym, then...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[16 - Ingua's New Dress. Mary Louise in the Country, by L. Frank Baum.  <br />The Bluebird Books is a series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. The series was begun by L. Frank Baum using his Edith Van Dyne pseudonym, then continued by at least three others, all using the same pseudonym. Baum wrote the first four books in the series, possibly with help from his son, Harry Neal Baum, on the third.  <br />The books are concerned with adolescent girl detectives— a concept Baum had experimented with earlier, in The Daring Twins (1911) and Phoebe Daring (1912). The Bluebird series began with Mary Louise, originally written as a tribute to Baum's favorite sister, Mary Louise Baum Brewster. Baum's publisher, Reilly &amp; Britton, rejected that manuscript, apparently judging the heroine too independent. Baum wrote a new version of the book; the original manuscript is lost.<br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--6754746/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--6754746/support</a>.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>359</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/1777c47aac0b02161a21944f620b9d77.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>17 - A Clew at Last. Mary Louise in the Country, by L. Frank Baum.</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/17-a-clew-at-last-mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--67977390</link><description><![CDATA[17 - A Clew at Last. Mary Louise in the Country, by L. Frank Baum.  <br />The Bluebird Books is a series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. The series was begun by L. Frank Baum using his Edith Van Dyne pseudonym, then continued by at least three others, all using the same pseudonym. Baum wrote the first four books in the series, possibly with help from his son, Harry Neal Baum, on the third.  <br />The books are concerned with adolescent girl detectives— a concept Baum had experimented with earlier, in The Daring Twins (1911) and Phoebe Daring (1912). The Bluebird series began with Mary Louise, originally written as a tribute to Baum's favorite sister, Mary Louise Baum Brewster. Baum's publisher, Reilly &amp; Britton, rejected that manuscript, apparently judging the heroine too independent. Baum wrote a new version of the book; the original manuscript is lost.<br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--6754746/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--6754746/support</a>.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67977390</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 21:07:11 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/67977390/marylouiseinthecountry_17_baum_64kb.mp3" length="6145798" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>AudioBooks</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>17 - A Clew at Last. Mary Louise in the Country, by L. Frank Baum.  
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The Bluebird Books is a series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. The series was begun by L. Frank Baum using his Edith Van Dyne pseudonym, then...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[19 - Good Money for Bad. Mary Louise in the Country, by L. Frank Baum.  <br />The Bluebird Books is a series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. The series was begun by L. Frank Baum using his Edith Van Dyne pseudonym, then continued by at least three others, all using the same pseudonym. Baum wrote the first four books in the series, possibly with help from his son, Harry Neal Baum, on the third.  <br />The books are concerned with adolescent girl detectives— a concept Baum had experimented with earlier, in The Daring Twins (1911) and Phoebe Daring (1912). The Bluebird series began with Mary Louise, originally written as a tribute to Baum's favorite sister, Mary Louise Baum Brewster. Baum's publisher, Reilly &amp; Britton, rejected that manuscript, apparently judging the heroine too independent. Baum wrote a new version of the book; the original manuscript is lost.<br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--6754746/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--6754746/support</a>.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>602</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/1777c47aac0b02161a21944f620b9d77.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>20 - An Unexpected Appearance. Mary Louise in the Country, by L. Frank Baum.</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/20-an-unexpected-appearance-mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--67977430</link><description><![CDATA[20 - An Unexpected Appearance. Mary Louise in the Country, by L. Frank Baum.  <br />The Bluebird Books is a series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. The series was begun by L. Frank Baum using his Edith Van Dyne pseudonym, then continued by at least three others, all using the same pseudonym. Baum wrote the first four books in the series, possibly with help from his son, Harry Neal Baum, on the third.  <br />The books are concerned with adolescent girl detectives— a concept Baum had experimented with earlier, in The Daring Twins (1911) and Phoebe Daring (1912). The Bluebird series began with Mary Louise, originally written as a tribute to Baum's favorite sister, Mary Louise Baum Brewster. Baum's publisher, Reilly &amp; Britton, rejected that manuscript, apparently judging the heroine too independent. Baum wrote a new version of the book; the original manuscript is lost.<br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--6754746/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--6754746/support</a>.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67977430</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 21:13:20 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/67977430/marylouiseinthecountry_20_baum_64kb.mp3" length="6097942" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/92fada19-9ccd-4d9e-8c69-deb643901ee8/92fada19-9ccd-4d9e-8c69-deb643901ee8.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/92fada19-9ccd-4d9e-8c69-deb643901ee8/92fada19-9ccd-4d9e-8c69-deb643901ee8.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/92fada19-9ccd-4d9e-8c69-deb643901ee8/92fada19-9ccd-4d9e-8c69-deb643901ee8.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>AudioBooks</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>20 - An Unexpected Appearance. Mary Louise in the Country, by L. Frank Baum.  
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The Bluebird Books is a series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. The series was begun by L. Frank Baum using his Edith Van Dyne pseudonym, then continued...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[21 - A Case of Nerves. Mary Louise in the Country, by L. Frank Baum.  <br />The Bluebird Books is a series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. The series was begun by L. Frank Baum using his Edith Van Dyne pseudonym, then continued by at least three others, all using the same pseudonym. Baum wrote the first four books in the series, possibly with help from his son, Harry Neal Baum, on the third.  <br />The books are concerned with adolescent girl detectives— a concept Baum had experimented with earlier, in The Daring Twins (1911) and Phoebe Daring (1912). The Bluebird series began with Mary Louise, originally written as a tribute to Baum's favorite sister, Mary Louise Baum Brewster. Baum's publisher, Reilly &amp; Britton, rejected that manuscript, apparently judging the heroine too independent. Baum wrote a new version of the book; the original manuscript is lost.<br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--6754746/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--6754746/support</a>.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>468</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/1777c47aac0b02161a21944f620b9d77.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>22 - Ingua's Mother. Mary Louise in the Country, by L. Frank Baum.</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/22-ingua-s-mother-mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--67977452</link><description><![CDATA[22 - Ingua's Mother. Mary Louise in the Country, by L. Frank Baum.  <br />The Bluebird Books is a series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. The series was begun by L. Frank Baum using his Edith Van Dyne pseudonym, then continued by at least three others, all using the same pseudonym. Baum wrote the first four books in the series, possibly with help from his son, Harry Neal Baum, on the third.  <br />The books are concerned with adolescent girl detectives— a concept Baum had experimented with earlier, in The Daring Twins (1911) and Phoebe Daring (1912). The Bluebird series began with Mary Louise, originally written as a tribute to Baum's favorite sister, Mary Louise Baum Brewster. Baum's publisher, Reilly &amp; Britton, rejected that manuscript, apparently judging the heroine too independent. Baum wrote a new version of the book; the original manuscript is lost.<br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--6754746/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--6754746/support</a>.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67977452</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 21:16:59 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/67977452/marylouiseinthecountry_22_baum_64kb.mp3" length="4711362" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/d2fa8457-f4ab-46fe-88aa-12e061305f96/d2fa8457-f4ab-46fe-88aa-12e061305f96.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/d2fa8457-f4ab-46fe-88aa-12e061305f96/d2fa8457-f4ab-46fe-88aa-12e061305f96.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/d2fa8457-f4ab-46fe-88aa-12e061305f96/d2fa8457-f4ab-46fe-88aa-12e061305f96.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>AudioBooks</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>22 - Ingua's Mother. Mary Louise in the Country, by L. Frank Baum.  
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The Bluebird Books is a series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. The series was begun by L. Frank Baum using his Edith Van Dyne pseudonym, then continued by...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[24 - Facing Danger. Mary Louise in the Country, by L. Frank Baum.  <br />The Bluebird Books is a series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. The series was begun by L. Frank Baum using his Edith Van Dyne pseudonym, then continued by at least three others, all using the same pseudonym. Baum wrote the first four books in the series, possibly with help from his son, Harry Neal Baum, on the third.  <br />The books are concerned with adolescent girl detectives— a concept Baum had experimented with earlier, in The Daring Twins (1911) and Phoebe Daring (1912). The Bluebird series began with Mary Louise, originally written as a tribute to Baum's favorite sister, Mary Louise Baum Brewster. Baum's publisher, Reilly &amp; Britton, rejected that manuscript, apparently judging the heroine too independent. Baum wrote a new version of the book; the original manuscript is lost.<br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--6754746/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--6754746/support</a>.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>453</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/1777c47aac0b02161a21944f620b9d77.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>25 - Father and Daughter. Mary Louise in the Country, by L. Frank Baum.</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/25-father-and-daughter-mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--67977502</link><description><![CDATA[25 - Father and Daughter. Mary Louise in the Country, by L. Frank Baum.  <br />The Bluebird Books is a series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. The series was begun by L. Frank Baum using his Edith Van Dyne pseudonym, then continued by at least three others, all using the same pseudonym. Baum wrote the first four books in the series, possibly with help from his son, Harry Neal Baum, on the third.  <br />The books are concerned with adolescent girl detectives— a concept Baum had experimented with earlier, in The Daring Twins (1911) and Phoebe Daring (1912). The Bluebird series began with Mary Louise, originally written as a tribute to Baum's favorite sister, Mary Louise Baum Brewster. Baum's publisher, Reilly &amp; Britton, rejected that manuscript, apparently judging the heroine too independent. Baum wrote a new version of the book; the original manuscript is lost.<br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--6754746/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--6754746/support</a>.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67977502</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 21:22:38 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/67977502/marylouiseinthecountry_25_baum_64kb.mp3" length="4683359" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/0e96ee0b-8234-4cd9-8c5b-ac6f9068942a/0e96ee0b-8234-4cd9-8c5b-ac6f9068942a.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/0e96ee0b-8234-4cd9-8c5b-ac6f9068942a/0e96ee0b-8234-4cd9-8c5b-ac6f9068942a.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/0e96ee0b-8234-4cd9-8c5b-ac6f9068942a/0e96ee0b-8234-4cd9-8c5b-ac6f9068942a.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>AudioBooks</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>25 - Father and Daughter. Mary Louise in the Country, by L. Frank Baum.  
The Bluebird Books is a series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. The series was begun by L. Frank Baum using his Edith Van Dyne pseudonym, then...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[25 - Father and Daughter. Mary Louise in the Country, by L. Frank Baum.  <br />The Bluebird Books is a series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. The series was begun by L. Frank Baum using his Edith Van Dyne pseudonym, then continued by at least three others, all using the same pseudonym. Baum wrote the first four books in the series, possibly with help from his son, Harry Neal Baum, on the third.  <br />The books are concerned with adolescent girl detectives— a concept Baum had experimented with earlier, in The Daring Twins (1911) and Phoebe Daring (1912). The Bluebird series began with Mary Louise, originally written as a tribute to Baum's favorite sister, Mary Louise Baum Brewster. Baum's publisher, Reilly &amp; Britton, rejected that manuscript, apparently judging the heroine too independent. Baum wrote a new version of the book; the original manuscript is lost.<br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--6754746/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--6754746/support</a>.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>586</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/1777c47aac0b02161a21944f620b9d77.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>26 - The Plot. Mary Louise in the Country, by L. Frank Baum.</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/26-the-plot-mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--67977528</link><description><![CDATA[26 - The Plot. Mary Louise in the Country, by L. Frank Baum.  <br />The Bluebird Books is a series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. The series was begun by L. Frank Baum using his Edith Van Dyne pseudonym, then continued by at least three others, all using the same pseudonym. Baum wrote the first four books in the series, possibly with help from his son, Harry Neal Baum, on the third.  <br />The books are concerned with adolescent girl detectives— a concept Baum had experimented with earlier, in The Daring Twins (1911) and Phoebe Daring (1912). The Bluebird series began with Mary Louise, originally written as a tribute to Baum's favorite sister, Mary Louise Baum Brewster. Baum's publisher, Reilly &amp; Britton, rejected that manuscript, apparently judging the heroine too independent. Baum wrote a new version of the book; the original manuscript is lost.<br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--6754746/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--6754746/support</a>.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67977528</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 21:25:33 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/67977528/marylouiseinthecountry_26_baum_64kb.mp3" length="2620731" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/09efc535-6deb-4cc9-b86d-fcb994c12762/09efc535-6deb-4cc9-b86d-fcb994c12762.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/09efc535-6deb-4cc9-b86d-fcb994c12762/09efc535-6deb-4cc9-b86d-fcb994c12762.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/09efc535-6deb-4cc9-b86d-fcb994c12762/09efc535-6deb-4cc9-b86d-fcb994c12762.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>AudioBooks</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>26 - The Plot. Mary Louise in the Country, by L. Frank Baum.  
The Bluebird Books is a series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. The series was begun by L. Frank Baum using his Edith Van Dyne pseudonym, then continued by at...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[26 - The Plot. Mary Louise in the Country, by L. Frank Baum.  <br />The Bluebird Books is a series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. The series was begun by L. Frank Baum using his Edith Van Dyne pseudonym, then continued by at least three others, all using the same pseudonym. Baum wrote the first four books in the series, possibly with help from his son, Harry Neal Baum, on the third.  <br />The books are concerned with adolescent girl detectives— a concept Baum had experimented with earlier, in The Daring Twins (1911) and Phoebe Daring (1912). The Bluebird series began with Mary Louise, originally written as a tribute to Baum's favorite sister, Mary Louise Baum Brewster. Baum's publisher, Reilly &amp; Britton, rejected that manuscript, apparently judging the heroine too independent. Baum wrote a new version of the book; the original manuscript is lost.<br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--6754746/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--6754746/support</a>.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>328</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/1777c47aac0b02161a21944f620b9d77.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>27 - Nan's Triumph. Mary Louise in the Country, by L. Frank Baum.</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/27-nan-s-triumph-mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--67977559</link><description><![CDATA[27 - Nan's Triumph. Mary Louise in the Country, by L. Frank Baum.  <br />The Bluebird Books is a series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. The series was begun by L. Frank Baum using his Edith Van Dyne pseudonym, then continued by at least three others, all using the same pseudonym. Baum wrote the first four books in the series, possibly with help from his son, Harry Neal Baum, on the third.  <br />The books are concerned with adolescent girl detectives— a concept Baum had experimented with earlier, in The Daring Twins (1911) and Phoebe Daring (1912). The Bluebird series began with Mary Louise, originally written as a tribute to Baum's favorite sister, Mary Louise Baum Brewster. Baum's publisher, Reilly &amp; Britton, rejected that manuscript, apparently judging the heroine too independent. Baum wrote a new version of the book; the original manuscript is lost.<br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--6754746/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mary-louise-in-the-country-by-l-frank-baum--6754746/support</a>.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67977559</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 21:27:31 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/67977559/marylouiseinthecountry_27_baum_64kb.mp3" length="3394791" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/5f7d10b3-c4ca-4b34-9fc8-97568aeeffbe/5f7d10b3-c4ca-4b34-9fc8-97568aeeffbe.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/5f7d10b3-c4ca-4b34-9fc8-97568aeeffbe/5f7d10b3-c4ca-4b34-9fc8-97568aeeffbe.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/5f7d10b3-c4ca-4b34-9fc8-97568aeeffbe/5f7d10b3-c4ca-4b34-9fc8-97568aeeffbe.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>AudioBooks</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>27 - Nan's Triumph. Mary Louise in the Country, by L. Frank Baum.  
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