English language
Published Nov. 21, 2006 by Thorndike Press.
Girl sleuth
Nancy Drew and the women who created her Thorndike Press large print nonfiction
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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.
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.
Subjects
- Wirt, Mildred A. 1905- -- Characters -- Nancy Drew.
- Keene, Carolyn -- Characters -- Nancy Drew.
- Adams, Harriet Stratemeyer -- Characters -- Nancy Drew.
- Stratemeyer Syndicate.
- Detective and mystery stories, American -- History and criticism.
- Young adult fiction, American -- History and criticism.
- Drew, Nancy (Fictitious character)
- Young adult fiction -- Publishing -- United States.
- American fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
- Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
- Teenage girls in literature.
- Girls -- Books and reading -- United States.
- Large type books.