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Author:

Rehak, Melanie.

Title:

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

Edition:

1st Harvest ed.

Publisher:

Harcourt,

Copyright Date:

2006

Description:

xviii, 364 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Wirt, Mildred A.--(Mildred Augustine),--1905---Nancy Drew.--Nancy Drew.
Adams, Harriet Stratemeyer--Nancy Drew.--Nancy Drew.
Keene, Carolyn--Nancy Drew.--Nancy Drew.
Stratemeyer Syndicate.
Detective and mystery stories, American--History and criticism.
Women and literature--History--20th century.
American fiction--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
Young adult fiction, American--History and criticism.
Young adult fiction--Publishing.
Girls--Books and reading
Drew, Nancy (Fictitious character)
Teenage girls in literature.

Notes:

"A Harvest book." Originally published: 2005. Includes bibliographical references (p. [351]-354) and index.

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?

ISBN:

9780156030564
9780156030564 (pbk.)
015603056X (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)70961059

Locations:

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

S1PD771 -- Johnston Public Library (Johnston)

CGPC482 -- Marengo Public Library (Marengo)

NTPC983 -- Northwood Public Library (Northwood)

CDPC522 -- Solon Public Library (Solon)

WSPF215 -- Spencer Public Library (Spencer)

CQPE926 -- Washington Free Public Library (Washington)