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Author	Rehak, Melanie.
Title	Girl sleuth : Nancy Drew and the women who created her / Melanie Rehak.
Publication Info.	Orlando : Harcourt, c2005.

Location	Call No.	Status
Stack 9	823.08 R	IN LIBRARY

Edition	1st ed.
Description	xviii, 364 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. [351]-354) and index.
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?
Subject	Wirt, Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine), 1905- -- Characters -- Nancy Drew.
	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.
	Adams, Harriet Stratemeyer -- Characters -- Nancy Drew.
	Young adult fiction -- Publishing -- United States.
	Girls -- Books and reading -- United States.
	Keene, Carolyn -- Characters -- Nancy Drew.
	Drew, Nancy (Fictitious character)
	Teenage girls in literature.
	Stratemeyer Syndicate.
Added Title	Nancy Drew and the women who created her
ISBN	0151010412 (alk. paper)
Standard No.	9780151010417

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