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The blatant acts of a lady swindler posing as Nancy Drew arouse the suspicion of friends and local police against the real Nancy.Tags
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I used to devour Encyclopedia Brown, the Three Investigators, and the Willard Price books, but for some reason when a friend gave me a Nancy Drew I was mildly offended that she thought I 'd enjoy such a silly girly series. It's possible that by that time I'd outgrown the others too, but I feel like I'd have felt more nostalgic than annoyed if given one of them. Yet really they're all the same kind of book, and as an adult now, though I find the plot a bit too linear and the characters a little thinly sketched, I do appreciate the many and varied female relationships. A nice quick read.
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!
#29 When Nancy learns that the Drews' housekeeper has been duped by an elegantly dressed woman into buying a stolen fur piece, the young detective starts a search for the clever swindler. To Nancy's astonishment, she discovers that the woman is using the name Nancy Drew. The dishonest acts of the impostor point the finger of suspicion at Nancy herself and result in her being questioned by the police. Nancy's determination to capture the elusive, dangerous Mitzi Channing takes her to northern New York State and Canada. At a gala winter event Nancy meets this situation and turns the tables on Mitzi Channing and her fellow thieves.
This story left me breathless. At times, I felt that I was Nancy during sections of the story. It was a perfect read during a spate of hot weather LOL.
"Med ett ilsket tjut störtade pälshandlaren fram mot Kitty och låste hennes händer på ryggen. Samtidigt kastade hans fru en mörk duk över huvudet på deras fånge.
Kitty kämpade emot när paret släpade iväg henne till ett rum innanför butiken.
- Lås upp det där skåpet kvickt! sa mannen till sin hustru.
Sedan knuffades Kitty in bland en massa pälsar i skåpet. Nyckeln vreds om i låset.
- Vi vet nog att du är en tjuv!"
Kitty kämpade emot när paret släpade iväg henne till ett rum innanför butiken.
- Lås upp det där skåpet kvickt! sa mannen till sin hustru.
Sedan knuffades Kitty in bland en massa pälsar i skåpet. Nyckeln vreds om i låset.
- Vi vet nog att du är en tjuv!"
Feb 19, 2021Swedish
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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
- Mystery at the Ski Jump; The Mystery at the Ski Jump
- Original title
- The mystery at the ski jump
- Original publication date
- 1952; 1968 (revised) (revised)
- People/Characters
- Nancy Drew; Carson Drew; Hannah Gruen; Mitzi Adele Channing; Sydney Boyd; Dunstan Lake (show all 17); Chuck Wilson; John Horn; George Fayne; Bess Marvin; Ned Nickerson; Burt Eddleton; Dave Evans; Aunt Eloise Drew; Bunny Reynolds; Charlie Wells; Jacque Fremont
- Important places
- River Heights, USA
- First words
- “Brr-r, it’s cold!”
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)“For our fraternity house, girls. The old deer invites you to come to Emerson and help hang him over the fireplace!”
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