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Girl sleuth Nancy Drew and the women who created her

In 1930 a plucky girl detective stepped out of her shiny blue roadster, dressed in a smart tweed suit. Eighty million books later, Nancy Drew has survived the Depression, World War II, and the sixties, and emerged as beloved by girls today as by their grandmothers. Rehak tells the behind-the-scenes...

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Main Author: Rehak, Melanie
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Orlando : Harcourt, c2005.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Wirt, Mildred A. > (Mildred Augustine), > 1905- > Characters > Nancy Drew.
Detective and mystery stories, American > History and criticism.
Women and literature > United States > History > 20th century.
American fiction > Women authors > History and criticism.
Young adult fiction, American > History and criticism.
Adams, Harriet Stratemeyer > Characters > Nancy Drew.
Young adult fiction > Publishing > United States.
Girls > Books and reading > United States.
Keene, Carolyn > Characters > Nancy Drew.
Drew, Nancy (Fictitious character)
Teenage girls in literature.
Stratemeyer Syndicate.
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Table of Contents:
  • The Stratemeyer clan
  • Mildred
  • Alma Mater
  • Hawkeye days
  • Nell Cody, Helen Hale, Diana Dare
  • Nancy Drew Land
  • Syndicate for sale
  • An unfortunate break; or, the Cleveland writer comes into her own
  • Motherhood and Nancy Drew
  • "They are Nancy"
  • The kids are hep
  • Nancy in the age of Aquarius
  • Becoming the girl detective
  • Will the real Carolyn Keene please stand up?

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