Bibliograph

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

Type

Label

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-354) and index

Illustrations

platesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Girl sleuth

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

70961059

Responsibility statement

Melanie Rehak

Sub title

Nancy Drew and the women who created her

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?

Table Of 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?

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