Saturday, December 29, 2018

Lou Marchetti

Title: Worlds Fair Nurse
Author: Dorothy Daniels
Publisher: Paperback Library
Published: ©1964
Illustrator: Lou Marchetti
Review published here

The work is uncredited, but it is very much in his style.


Carol Allison, R.N. hid a dark secret out of her past from her friends at the World’s Fair. But her more immediate problem was Tina, the delicate ballerina at the Fair who had an incurable heart condition. Carol warned her that if she danced, she risked death. Yet Tina refused to quit, and threatened to reveal Carol’s secret if she went to the authorities. Standing by Carol were the two men who loved her. Each man knew that only one would win Carol, yet they both worked to clear her name. But it was Carol alone who had to choose between saving the life of the dancer or her own nursing career.

Saturday, November 24, 2018

Allan Kass

Title: Beth Lloyd, Surgical Nurse
Author: Jane Converse
Publisher: Signet P4457
Published: December 1970
Illustrator: Allan Kass

His signature in in the lower left-hand corner.

Nurse Beth Lloyd had just broken with the man she loved, the brilliant young surgeon Dr. Paul Bryant. She was heartbroken when he accused her of trying to push him into a marriage he felt would hinder his career. Suddenly into their lives came Jimmy Ladue, critically in need of a heart transplant. And Pauls conservative senior partner, Dr. Weston, so strongly opposed to the new techniques, was for some mysterious reason willing to perform the operation. It was to be a transplant that would transform all their lives. For in its wake a desperate secret would emergea secret to threaten the reputation of two fine surgeons and bring Beth Lloyd heartbreakingly close to the man she was trying so hard to forget.

Tom Miller

Title: The Nurse Made Headlines
Author: Adelaide Humphries
Publisher: Dell Candlelight #6517
Published: 1962
Illustrator: Tom Miller

His signature is in the lower left-hand corner.

For lovely Cheryl Lanier, nursing wealthy, elderly Trevor Rutledge at his magnificent estate seemed a routine assignment. But that was before Rutledges nephew, Victor Lawson, arrived. Perhaps Cheryl should have known  better than to fall in love with the handsome playboy. Certainly there were thoseespecially the young lawyer, Carl Drewwho warned her about Victor. But Victors promises drowned out all warningsuntil, amid sudden tragedy and scandal, she heard a different voice: that of agonizing doubt. Had she made the greatest mistake of her young life? Had she given her trust to the wrong mad? And how could she know for sure before it was too late?

Robert Maguire

Title: Mary Adams, Student Nurse
Author: Alice Brennan
Publisher: Monarch Books 408
Published: January 1964
Illustrator: Robert Maguire

His signature is in the lower right-hand corner.

Every time Mary Adams, student nurse, entered the hospital she felt exhilarated and excited. Her blue eyes shone with the pride of wearing her white cap. But the cap was only the beginning. She still had to earn the right to wear the white uniform of the graduate nurse. Her days were very full. She carried a full schedule of classes: biology, anatomy, physiology. And there was her "on duty" time. Each day Mary saw the drama of a big-city hospital. Birth, death and disease were part of her life now. And she loved every minute of it. Until the day she found that heartbreak was also part of a nurse's life and she had to learn to accept the responsibility of growing up.