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While doing a favor for her father in Bear Hollow, Indiana, Nancy tries to help a new friend find the reasons someone is trying to ruin her family. A long lost family secret and an inherited fiddle seem to hide clues to a secret fortune.Tags
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A fire that completely destroys a house, a sabotaged boat, and a spider bite, all within the first 32 pages! Now *that* is how a book should start, get you hooked early on. (I've read way too many slow books lately. This book was much better about that.)
It was obvious fairly early on that there were seperate mysteries going on, that not all of the sabatoging and stuff was being done by the same person. And the details and focus on Abe Lincoln history did not make sense without something that tied it to the mystery, so it was fairly obvious that the treasure must be something tied to Lincoln. I guessed fairly early on who the culprit was, but the mystery and clues and twists weren't spoiled at all by figuring it out show more early. I was a little disappointed that we never really found out why Sassy's whole family acted so strange and secretive, though. show less
A fire that completely destroys a house, a sabotaged boat, and a spider bite, all within the first 32 pages! Now *that* is how a book should start, get you hooked early on. (I've read way too many slow books lately. This book was much better about that.)
It was obvious fairly early on that there were seperate mysteries going on, that not all of the sabatoging and stuff was being done by the same person. And the details and focus on Abe Lincoln history did not make sense without something that tied it to the mystery, so it was fairly obvious that the treasure must be something tied to Lincoln. I guessed fairly early on who the culprit was, but the mystery and clues and twists weren't spoiled at all by figuring it out show more early. I was a little disappointed that we never really found out why Sassy's whole family acted so strange and secretive, though. show less
Excellent story. I love mysteries involving hidden items and secret compartments.
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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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- The Hidden Inheritance
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- Nancy Drew
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- Bear Hollow, Indiana, USA
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