GIRL SLEUTH: NANCY DREW AND THE WOMEN WHO CREATED HER woman

NY: HARCOURT, INC. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2005. first edition,1p; ACEGHFDB PRINT LINE. Hardcover. 9.1 X 6.0 X 1.3 inches. VERY GOOD CONDITION IN VERY GOOD UNCLIPT(S25.00) DUST JACKET..name ep "Billy"..else clean, solid, bright..(NOTE: DJ has intended appearance as being edgeworn, but it is actually invery nice condition) ; metalic red spine titles on bright yellow spine strip..Light yellow hard covers.. White endpapers...Red & Black titles on orange dust jacket, showing carton drawing of young Nancy Drew character to corner of dj.. Inner dj flap shows 3x4" photo of author as young adult herself..with biog. MANY WONDERFUL OLD PHOTOS OF PEOPLE..inclding EDWARD STRATMEYER; HARRIET. ; MILDRED WIRT; various book covers over the years. Very nice historical Biography.. ; OLD PHOTO SECTION MID BOOK; 384 pages; 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? .