Girl sleuth : Nancy Drew and the women who created her / by Melanie Rehak
de Rehak, Melanie
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Orlando ; London : Harcourt, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 364 pages; Physical desc. : xviii, 364 p., 8 p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [351]-354) and index. Subject: Wirt, Mildred Augustine (1905-2002) --Characters --Nancy Drew --Keene, Carolyn --American fiction --Women authors --History and criticism --Girls --Books and reading --United States --Drew, Nancy (Fictitious character) --Young adult fiction, American. Summary: A cultural examination of the Nancy Drew stories and how they have affected American girlhood since the 1930s explores mysteries related to the character's creators, her transformation from pulp heroine to national icon, and her role in shaping the modern American woman's identity.
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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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- Título
- Girl sleuth : Nancy Drew and the women who created her / by Melanie Rehak
- Autor
- Rehak, Melanie
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- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Cantidad disponible
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- Edición
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0151010412
- ISBN 13
- 9780151010417
- Editorial
- Orlando ; London : Harcourt
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- Orlando, Florida, U.s.a.
- Fecha de publicación
- 2005
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