Nothing Daunted by Dorothy Wickenden

                      I liked how the author, Dorothy gave background on the story.  The way she writes makes the story kind of fun.  The only problem about the background she's giving, is that so far that is what the story has mostly been about.  She started the story with the girls Ros and Dorothy arriving at their destination and describing how their parents wanted them to take more stuff.  The author also talks about Farrington Carpenter and the letter he sent them about the preparations he's made for their arrival.  The story continues talking about the background of  Auburn, which is the city they left from.  They mention the history of Auburn such as the gold rush and woman trying to get rights.  There are only glimpses of what Dorothy and Ros are doing.  Things that are simply said like, Dorothy and Ros (Rosamond) arrived at the hotel.  The hotel was over the theaters districts and Denvers business.  After that it went on to take about railroads.  What I don't understand is that I thought the story was about Dorothys and Rosamonds, not the background of Auburn.  I think the author put in to much info about Auburn instead of focusing on Dorothy and Ros.
                   Even though I didn't enjoy what the author put into the story, I did enjoy how she wrote things.  Dorothy (the author)  found some interesting events to add onto the story, which kept me absorbed in the story sometimes.  The events added some excitement to the story.  One example from the story is when she said that Dorothy's (the character) dad put twenty dollar coins in the napkins of his birthday guests (on his birthday).  Another technic she used to write the story was that the way she told the story sounded like a newspaper.  I thought it was kind of fun, but for the most part it wasn't.