- Title: The Bobbsey Twins At Cedar Camp
- Author: Laura Lee Hope
- Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
- Estimated year of printing: 1926
Notes:
Copyright 1921
Inscription: “Marjorie Wallace ; Christmas 1926; Andrea”
The Bobbsey Twins was a series of children’s novels running from 1904 through 1979. It was about the adventures of the children in the Bobbsey family, which included two sets of twins: Nan and Bert, who were twelve years old, and Flossie and Freddie, who were six.
This particular book was originally published in 1921. The inscription limits the printing to no later than 1926. At the back of the book is a listing of more Bobbsey Twins books that are available. The latest book referenced there is The Bobbsey Twins at Cloverbank, which was first published in 1926. So, this book was likely also printed in 1926.
The Bobbsey Twins books were written by a variety of authors under the pen name Laura Lee Hope. The publisher, Grosset & Dunlap, also published many other well-known children’s book series such as The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew (all also published using pen names).
The Bobbsey Twins stories started out as simple adventures around the home, but eventually progressed towards mysteries like the other series. In the 1960s, the first 20 books in the series were re-written to reflect changing times and tastes (for example, replacing horses and buggies with automobiles). This was one of those books that was re-written, but this is the original 1921 text.
Historical context:
When this book was printed in 1926, Calvin Coolidge was President of the United States. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby was published one year earlier in 1925. One later in 1927, the first motion picture with sound, The Jazz Singer, would be released.