Today Sophia Rose is reviewing a non-fiction digging into the facts behind the creation of Nancy Drew.
Enjoy!
Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her by
Melanie Rehak, narrated by Melanie Rehak
Non-Fiction, Biography, Pop Culture
Publisher: Brilliance
Audio
Published: 9.8.20
ISBN: 1713525437
Time: 9 hours 31
minutes
Rating: 4
Format: MP3
Source: Brilliance
Audio
Sellers: Amazon - Audible - Barnesand Noble - Kobo
Add To: GoodReads
GoodReads Blurb:
The true story behind the iconic fictional detective is
“a fascinating chapter in the history of publishing” (The Seattle Times).
An Edgar Award Winner for Best Biography and a Chicago Tribune Best Book
of the Year
The plucky “titian-haired” sleuth solved her first mystery in 1930—and eighty
million books later, Nancy Drew has survived the Depression, World War II, and
the sixties (when she was taken up with a vengeance by women’s libbers) to
enter the pantheon of American culture. As beloved by girls today as she was by
their grandmothers, Nancy Drew has both inspired and reflected the changes in
her readers’ lives. Here, in a narrative with all the page-turning pace of
Nancy’s adventures, Melanie Rehak solves an enduring literary mystery: Who
created Nancy Drew? And how did she go from pulp heroine to icon?
The brainchild of children’s book mogul Edward Stratemeyer, Nancy was brought
to life by two women: Mildred Wirt Benson, a pioneering journalist from Iowa,
and Harriet Stratemeyer Adams, a well-bred wife and mother who took over her
father’s business empire as CEO. In this century-spanning, “absorbing and
delightful” story, the author traces their roles—and Nancy’s—in forging the
modern American woman (The Wall Street Journal).
