Format:
Book
Title:
Girl sleuth : Nancy Drew and the women who created her / Melanie Rehak.
Author:
Rehak, Melanie.
Call Number:
813 Rehak
Edition:
1st ed.
Publisher, Date:
Orlando : Harcourt, c2005.
Description:
xviii, 364 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subjects:
Wirt, Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine), 1905-2002 -- Characters -- Nancy Drew.
Adams, Harriet Stratemeyer -- Characters -- Nancy Drew.
Keene, Carolyn -- Characters -- Nancy Drew.
Drew, Nancy (Fictitious character)
Stratemeyer Syndicate.
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.
Young adult fiction -- Publishing -- United States.
Girls -- Books and reading -- United States.
Teenage girls in literature.
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:
0151010412 (alk. paper)
9780151010417