Girl sleuth : Nancy Drew and the women who created her / Melanie Rehak

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Object Details

author
Rehak, Melanie
Subject
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
"A Harvest book."
Originally published: 2005.
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?
Summary
In 1930 a plucky girl detective stepped out of her shiny blue roadster, dressed in a smart tweed suit, ready to restore a stolen inheritance to its rightful owner. Tied up by the villains, she managed to free herself and bring them to justice - all while wearing a pencil skirt and high heels. Eighty million books later, Nancy Drew has survived the Depression, World War II, and the sixties (when she was taken up with a vengeance by women's libbers), and emerged as beloved by girls today as she was by their grandmothers. Now, in a narrative with all the fast-paced thrill of one of Nancy's adventures, Melanie Rehak solves a page-turning literary mystery: Who created Nancy Drew? And how did she go from pulp heroine to American icon?
2006
2005
20th century
Type
Books
Criticism, interpretation, etc
History
Physical description
xviii, 364 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
Place
United States
Smithsonian Libraries
Topic
Detective and mystery stories, American--History and criticism
Women and literature--History
American fiction--Women authors--History and criticism
Young adult fiction, American--History and criticism
Young adult fiction--Publishing
Girls--Books and reading
Teenage girls in literature
Record ID
siris_sil_1080438
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0