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Warnings cannot stop Nancy from going to Scotland to solve the mysteries of a missing family heirloom and the fate of the flocks of stolen sheep.Tags
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I've no specific memories of reading this one as a child, but bits of it felt familiar--perhaps only because as a Nancy Drew book it can't help but be formulaic. I picked it up for the Scottishness of it, and the little pieces of information about Glasgow, Edinburgh, the Highlands, bagpiping, and kilt-wearing were probably the most fun for me. While I enjoyed Nancy Drews as a sprout, I find them harder to enjoy as an adult than many other books I read at about the same age, and this one is no exception. It's not a bad representation of the series (though the mystery is perhaps a tad less meaty than in some other installments), but overall I enjoyed it most for the nostalgia it stirred about reading these books as a kid.
It's sometimes difficult to rate Nancy Drew books as an adult
I absolutely loved Nancy Drew growing up. This was a series I latched on to for dear life and never let go. Anytime my mom and I would go to antique stores, we'd peruse the Nancy Drews and add them to the collection (oftentimes my mom had to make deals with me on how many I could buy). So, while I don't remember the exact details of each and every one, the entire series was amazing and really fed my love for reading (especially novels full of suspense and mystery). Thank you, Carolyn Keene, for giving us an intelligent female character to fall in love with in Nancy Drew!
Not as entertaining as some of the earlier written ones, but none the less still Nancy Drew.
Probably my favorite one, Nancy travels to Scotland and I think catches some sheep thieves.
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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 Clue of the Whistling Bagpipes
- Original publication date
- 1964
- People/Characters
- Nancy Drew; Carson Drew
- Important places
- Scotland, UK
- First words
- "Nancy, lass, would ye fly off wi' me to the land o' bagpipes and kilts?" Mr. Drew asked her with a grin. "And how do you like my Scottish accent?'" he teased.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"Your surprise was a wonderful help to me in finding the clue of the whistling bagpipes!"
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