Girl sleuth : Nancy Drew and the women who created her / Melanie Rehak.
By: Rehak, Melanie.
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BookPublisher: Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, c2005Edition: 1st ed.Description: xviii, 364 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780151010417 (alk. paper); 0151010412 (alk. paper).Other title: Nancy Drew and the women who created her.Subject(s): 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 | Wirt, Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine), 1905- -- Characters | Mystery fiction -- History and criticism | Women and literature -- History | American fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism | Young adult fiction -- History and criticism | Adams, Harriet Stratemeyer -- Characters | Young adult fiction -- Publishing | Girls -- United States -- Books and reading | Keene, Carolyn -- Characters | Drew, Nancy (Fictitious character) | Teenagers in literature | Girls in literature | Stratemeyer SyndicateDDC classification: 813/.52 Summary: Presents a comprehensive study of the two women behind the legendary "Nancy Drew" mystery books, and describes how the characters and her "author" Carolyn Keene were actually invented by Edward Stratemeyer, who also created the Bobbsey Twins and the Hardy Boys.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [351]-354) and index.
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Presents a comprehensive study of the two women behind the legendary "Nancy Drew" mystery books, and describes how the characters and her "author" Carolyn Keene were actually invented by Edward Stratemeyer, who also created the Bobbsey Twins and the Hardy Boys.
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