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by Carolyn Keene
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The Secret Of The Old Clock, by Carolyn Keene (book 1 in the Nancy Drew series)
★★★★★
I loved the Nancy Drew series as a kid (the original ones, not the copycats). I haven't read them in over a decade and this Winter Challenge seemed like a good excuse to get some quick points. They still are enjoyable reads, but clearly are for children. It's nice how timeless these books are, how kids today could still enjoy them. Plus, you can't deny that having a girl solve mysteries and saving the day is awesome!
★★★★★
I loved the Nancy Drew series as a kid (the original ones, not the copycats). I haven't read them in over a decade and this Winter Challenge seemed like a good excuse to get some quick points. They still are enjoyable reads, but clearly are for children. It's nice how timeless these books are, how kids today could still enjoy them. Plus, you can't deny that having a girl solve mysteries and saving the day is awesome!
All 64 books, all enjoyed. Some of my favorite adventures have been with Nan, George, and Bess. Not sure if I'd say the same if I read the series as they were originally, politically incorrect and all.
I read all her adventures when I was 12 or so. My mother bought me the whole collection....great memories.
mY CHILDHOOD
loved this series when I was younger
nancy is a good detective
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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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- ISBN 0448095017 is just for The Secret of the Old Clock Mystery.
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