Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew And the Women Who Created Her (THORNDIKE PRESS LARGE PRINT NONFICTION SERIES) - Hardcover

Rehak, Melanie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0786283459 ISBN 13: 9780786283453

Publisher: Thorndike Pr, 2006

Synopsis

An examination of the Nancy Drew stories and their influence on American girlhood since the 1930s explores mysteries related to the character's creators, and her role in shaping the modern American woman's identity.

About this title

Review:

"Rehak chronicles a character who influenced at least two generations of women in a highly readable, exhaustive book."

PRAISE FOR "GIRL SLEUTH" 
"[An] absorbing and delightful book."--"The Wall Street Journal"
""Girl Sleuth" is an enjoyable, thorough piece of detective work. It would earn a nod of approval from Nancy Drew herself."--The Plain Dealer (Cleveland)

PRAISE FOR"GIRL SLEUTH"
"[An] absorbing and delightful book."--"The Wall Street Journal"

""Girl Sleuth" is an enjoyable, thorough piece of detective work. It would earn a nod of approval from Nancy Drew herself."--The Plain Dealer (Cleveland)
PRAISE FOR "GIRL SLEUTH"
"[An] absorbing and delightful book."--"The Wall Street Journal"
""Girl Sleuth" is an enjoyable, thorough piece of detective work. It would earn a nod of approval from Nancy Drew herself."--The Plain Dealer (Cleveland)

PRAISE FOR "GIRL SLEUTH"
"[An] absorbing and delightful book."--"The Wall Street Journal"
""Girl Sleuth"is an enjoyable, thorough piece of detective work. It would earn a nod of approval from Nancy Drew herself."--The Plain Dealer (Cleveland)

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PRAISE FOR GIRL SLEUTH
"[An] absorbing and delightful book."--The Wall Street Journal
"Girl Sleuthis an enjoyable, thorough piece of detective work. It would earn a nod of approval from Nancy Drew herself."--The Plain Dealer (Cleveland)

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PRAISE FOR GIRL SLEUTH
"[An] absorbing and delightful book."--The Wall Street Journal

"Girl Sleuth is an enjoyable, thorough piece of detective work. It would earn a nod of approval from Nancy Drew herself."--The Plain Dealer (Cleveland)

From the Back Cover:

Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Biography * A Chicago Tribune Best Book of 2005* Winner of the Agatha Award for Non-Fiction
"A feat of daring worthy of Nancy herself." Los Angeles Times
Nancy Drew has survived the Depression, World War II, and the sixties to enter the pantheon of American girlhood. Here, with all the vivid energy and page-turning pace of Nancy s adventures, is the first behind-the-scenes history of our beloved girl detective. Behind the blue roadster, cloche hats, uncanny timing, and constant presence in the lives of American girls lies an enduring literary mystery: Who created Nancy Drew? And how did she go from pulp heroine to icon? Melanie Rehak has put together the clues and tracked down the suspects; grab your flashlights and join the gang as we find out the truth about Nancy Drew.
"Such an engrossing read that it made me hungry for some Nancy Drews. Rehak writes with gusto and intelligence. Nancy would be so proud."--Chicago Tribune
"Absorbing. Girl Sleuth is an enjoyable, thorough piece of detective work." The Plain Dealer (Cleveland)
"A proper sleuth for grown-up girls. Prose [that is] steely, lovely, and precise." The Atlantic Monthly
Melanie Rehak is a poet and critic. A recipient of the New York Public Library's Tukman Fellowship at the Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers, she writes for the New York Times Magazine, the New Yorker, Vogue, and the Nation, among others. She lives in Brooklyn.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Thorndike Pr
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0786283459
• ISBN 13: 9780786283453
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 613