Rest and be Thankful Author:Helen MacInnes The title of the book, Rest and be Thankful, is the name of the ranch that the story spins around. It is a very entertaining book, set in the early 1900's. It provides drama, adventure and life experiences in general to two young women, bent on traveling and seeing as much of the big world as they can. They settled in on a Western ranch full of... more » hard working, hungry, energetic, full of life cowboys and ranch hands.There are rodeos, country back hill adventure, morals of the story, love, drama and situations that come up in the wilder side of life and how these women each had their dreams, had to make decisions that they didn't like sometimes. Lots of reference to the traditional "round the kitchen table conversations" and they ttypes of food preparation in their day, daily living« less