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Rediscovering Nancy Drew

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4 out of 5
Based on 33 Ratings and 7 Reviews

Book Description


In 1991, women staff and faculty at the University of Iowa discovered that the pseudonymous author of the original Nancy Drew books, Carolyn Keene, was none other than Mildred Wirt Benson, the first person to earn a master's degree in journalism at Iowa. The excitement caused by their discovery led to the 1993 Nancy Drew Conference, which explored the remarkable passion for Nancy Dr... More
Book Information
PublisherUniversity of Iowa Press
BindingPaperback (3 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages297
ISBN-100877455015
ISBN-13978-0877455011
Publication Date05/01/1995
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About Carolyn Stewart Dyer (Author, Editor) : Carolyn Stewart Dyer is a published author and an editor. Published credits of Carolyn Stewart Dyer include Rediscovering Nancy Drew.
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About Nancy Tillman Romalov (Editor) : Nancy Tillman Romalov is a published editor. A published credit of Nancy Tillman Romalov is Rediscovering Nancy Drew.
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