The Secret of Lost Lake
by Carolyn Keene
Dana Girls - Second Series (11), Dana Girls - First Series (24)
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While attempting to locate a lost dog, the Dana sisters become involved in the mystery surrounding a reclusive mountain woman.Tags
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A decent read, but not nearly on par with the rich stories and colorful dialogue of the earlier DG books. The wrap-up to the mystery was pretty bland too. Definitely could tell this was not a book penned by Mildred Wirt Benson, who was responsible for volumes 5 thru 16. In addition, no troublemaker Lettie Briggs to stir up trouble for the Dana girls. That's just wrong!
In the Rocky Mountains, a "witch" is reputedly haunting the area where an isolated community was buried by a landslide forty years ago. Who is this woman? Why does she frequent the site of the old disaster? Most important of all, who are the evil enemies pursuing her - and why? Jean and Louise Dana solve the mystery.
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Carolyn Keene was the pseudonym that Mildred Wirt Benson and Walter Karig used to write Nancy Drew books. The idea of Nancy Drew came from Edward Stratemeyer in 1929. He also had other series, that included the Hardy Boys, but he died in 1930 before the Nancy Drew series became famous. His daughters, Harriet and Edna, inherited his company and show more maintained Nancy Drew having Mildred Wirt Benson, the original Carolyn Keene, as the principal ghostwriter. During the Depression, they asked Benson to take a pay cut and she refused, which is when Karig wrote the books. Karig's Nancy Drew books were Nancy's Mysterious Letter, The Sign of the Twisted Candles, and Password to Larkspur Lane. He was fired from writing more books because of his refusal to honor the request that he keep his work as Carolyn Keene a secret. He allowed the Library of Congress to learn of his authorship and his name appeared on their catalog cards. Afterwards, they rehired Benson and she wrote until her last Nancy Drew book (#30) was written in 1953, Clue of the Velvet Mask. Harriet and Edna Stratemeyer also contributed to the Nancy Drew series. Edna wrote plot outlines for several of the early books and Harriet, who claimed to be the sole author, had actually outlined and edited nearly all the volumes written by Benson. The Stratemeyer Syndicate had begun to make its writers sign contracts that prohibited them from claiming any credit for their works, but Benson never denied her writing books for the series. After Harriet's death in 1982, Simon and Schuster became the owners of the Stratemeyer Syndicate properties and in 1994, publicly recognized Benson for her work at a Nancy Drew conference at her alma mater, the University of Iowa. Now, Nancy Drew has several ghostwriters and artists that have contributed to her more recent incarnations. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- The Secret of Lost Lake
- Original publication date
- 1962
- First words
- The diesel engines strained a little on the Rocky Mountain grade, as Louisa and Jean Dana gazed in fascination from the train compartment at the abruptly changing landscape.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Louisa laughed. "We must send a telegram to Professor Nesbitt and say, 'Mission accomplished'!"
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- 6 — Danish, English, Finnish, French, German, Swedish
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