Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her (ISBN: 0739467190)
by Rehak, Melanie
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- Paperback
- first
- Condition
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About This Item
Orlando: Harcourt Inc, 2005. First Edition ~1st Printing. Softcover. history of the literary girl detective, near fine in illustr covers; a clean square uncreased copy
Synopsis
Aplucky "titian-haired" sleuth solved her first mystery in 1930. 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) to enter the pantheon of American girlhood. As beloved by girls today as she was by their grandmothers, Nancy Drew has both inspired and reflected the changes in her readers' lives. Now, in a narrative with all the vivid energy and page-turning pace of Nancy's adventures, Melanie Rehak solves an enduring literary mystery: Who created Nancy Drew? And how did she go from pulp heroine to icon? The brainchild of children's book mogul Edward Stratemeyer, Nancy was brought to life by two women: Mildred Wirt Benson, a pioneering journalist from Iowa, and Harriet Stratemeyer Adams, a well-bred wife and mother who took over as CEO after her father died. In a century-spanning story Rehak traces their roles-and Nancy's-in forging the modern American woman. With ebullience, wit, and a wealth of little-known source material, Rehak celebrates our unstoppable girl detective.
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- Bookseller
- David Kaye Books & Memorabilia
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21773
- Title
- Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her (ISBN: 0739467190)
- Author
- Rehak, Melanie
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition ~1st Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Harcourt Inc
- Place of Publication
- Orlando
- Date Published
- 2005
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Literature;
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