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A review by librarian_lisa
Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her by Melanie Rehak
3.0
I loved The Nancy Drew Files of the 80s, with Nancy and her blue mustang. While this is not the original or iconic Nancy Drew (which I did read some of later on) I give Nancy Drew and Carolyn Keene a lot of credit for my current love and obsession with books, so obviously when I saw this book chronically Nancy's creation and rise to fame I had to pick it up.
Girl Sleuth, details how Nancy Drew was created by Edward Stratemeyer and fully realized by her two main authors Harriet Stratemeyer and Mildred Wirt. The tale begins with Edward Stratemeyer who founds the Stratemeyer Syndicate, which produced such stories as The Hardy Boys, The Bobsey Twins and of course Nancy Drew (although Edward only lived through 4 of these books). While I realize this was where Nancy Drew was born I thought a little less detail could have gone into some of Edward's back story, which dragged at some points. Once Rehak got to the actual birth and development of Nancy Drew though I was thoroughly enthralled with the book. She does a wonderful job of working Nancy and her writers into the reincarnations of feminism that have gone on throughout the life of Nancy Drew.
Girl Sleuth, details how Nancy Drew was created by Edward Stratemeyer and fully realized by her two main authors Harriet Stratemeyer and Mildred Wirt. The tale begins with Edward Stratemeyer who founds the Stratemeyer Syndicate, which produced such stories as The Hardy Boys, The Bobsey Twins and of course Nancy Drew (although Edward only lived through 4 of these books). While I realize this was where Nancy Drew was born I thought a little less detail could have gone into some of Edward's back story, which dragged at some points. Once Rehak got to the actual birth and development of Nancy Drew though I was thoroughly enthralled with the book. She does a wonderful job of working Nancy and her writers into the reincarnations of feminism that have gone on throughout the life of Nancy Drew.