Girl sleuth : Nancy Drew and the women who created her / Melanie Rehak.
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 history of Nancy and her groundbreaking creators. Both Nancy and her "author," Carolyn Keene, were invented by Edward Stratemeyer, who also created the Bobbsey Twins and the Hardy Boys. But Nancy Drew was brought to life by two remarkable women: original author Mildred Wirt Benson, a convention-flouting Midwestern journalist, and Harriet Stratemeyer Adams, a wife and mother who ran her father's company after he died. Together, Benson and Adams created a character that has inspired generations of girls to be as strong-willed and as bold as they were.--From publisher description.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780151010417
- ISBN: 0151010412
- Physical Description: xviii, 364 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: Orlando : Harcourt, [2005]
- Copyright: ©2005
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 318-354) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- 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?
- Target Audience Note:
- 1350L Lexile
- Study Program Information Note:
- Accelerated Reader AR UG 9.2 20 108972.
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- Wirt, Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine), 1905-2002 > Characters > Nancy Drew.
Adams, Harriet Stratemeyer > Characters > Nancy Drew.
Keene, Carolyn > Characters > Nancy Drew.
Drew, Nancy (Fictitious character)
Stratemeyer Syndicate.
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.
Young adult fiction > Publishing > United States.
Girls > Books and reading > United States.
Teenage girls in literature.
Girls.
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