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Nancy Drew becomes involved in a double mystery concerning a haunted bridge and jewel thieves.Tags
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Read this at the same time as the revised text. Some changes in character names, a few additional scenes, but this earlier text is much more rich and fulfilling. And loved how the golf tournament Nancy is in at Deer Mountain Lodge was developed more deeply. Still not a huge mystery as far as the haunted bridge is concerned. That part is wrapped up within the first couple of chapters.
The mystery was a bit thin, and there was a very annoying man who dominated too much of the book. Also, I'm amused by all the activities and sports that Nancy is just naturally gifted at. I mean, good for her...
A quality read, but not much of a mystery regarding said "haunted bridge." Read the RT and the OT Haunted Bridge to compare and contrast. The OT is much more fulfilling.
This one didn't come together as neatly as other Nancy Drews and was less predictable as a result. Nancy Drew has a week to find an international jewel thief ring, sort out the story of a woman whose house burned down, solve the mystery of a haunted bridge, and win a golf tournament! She manages all of them, of course.
Jag och mor diskuterade någon gång huruvida Kitty går i skolan eller inte och jag kom inte på att jag hade läst någonting om det. Ned gör det, det nämns ganska regelbundet. I den här boken pratade George med sin mor över telefonen och då sa modern att George skulle vila upp sig så att hon skulle vara pigg till att skolan startar. Nu är ju bara frågan hur det är med Kitty...
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!
Nancy Drew met her match in a gentleman guest named Bartly. He puts Nancy, Bess, and George through their paces while handling a mystery. This is another nice uptick in the series. Putting in twist where you least expect them. I enjoyed this book and give the chance to reread it, I would.
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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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Nancy Drew: The Sign of the Twisted Candles / The Haunted Bridge / The Clue in the Jewel Box by Carolyn Keene
Nancy Drew: The Clue of the Broken Locket / The Message in the Hollow Oak / The Mystery of the Ivory Charm / The Whispering Statue / The Haunted Bridge by Carolyn Keene
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- Canonical title
- The Haunted Bridge
- Original publication date
- 1937; 1972 (revised) (revised)
- People/Characters
- Nancy Drew; George Fayne; Bess Marvin; Carson Drew; Martin Bartescue
- First words
- "Sorry, miss, but I wouldn't go near that bridge for a million dollars," said the young, freckle-faced caddy.
- Disambiguation notice
- The texts of the Nancy Drew books #1-34 were heavily revised beginning in 1959, reducing the length by 5 chapters as well as modernising the story.
This work includes the revised, 1972 version and copies where the ... (show all)version is unknown.
• ISBN 0448095157 is the revised text.
• ISBN 1557092613 is the original text facsimile edition and is NOT the same work.
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