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Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her

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Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created HerA plucky "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. Here, in a narrative with all the vivid energy

A plucky "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. Here, 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 this century-spanning story, Rehak traces their roles--and Nancy's--in forging the modern American woman.


Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: 09/05/2006
ISBN: 9780156030564
Pages: 364
Weight: 0.81lbs
Size: 8.08h x 5.41w x 0.99d

Review Citations: New York Times 10/22/2006 pg. 28

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 108972 / Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her
Reading Level: 9.2 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 20
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