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Post by bucky on Feb 3, 2011 20:54:44 GMT -5
I watched The Achievement today and thought it sad that Elizabeth's mystery writer had died at what must have been a young age. Does anyone know if this was based on a real person? It just struck me as an odd detour for the sub-plot to take. I also thought Richard Thomas was outstanding in his scenes with the different members of the family and with the author's mother.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2011 21:06:32 GMT -5
I think it was their spin off of Nancy Drew.
Nancy Drew is a fictional young amateur detective in various mystery series for all ages. She was created by Edward Stratemeyer, founder of the Stratemeyer Syndicate book packaging firm. The character first appeared in 1930.
Nancy Drew is depicted as an independent-minded 16-year-old who has already completed her high school education (16 was the minimum age for graduation at the time). Apparently affluent, she maintains an active social, volunteer, and sleuthing schedule, as well as participating in athletics and the arts, but is never shown as working for a living or acquiring job skills. Nancy is affected neither by the Great Depression—although many of the characters in her early cases need assistance as they are poverty-stricken—nor by World War II.
I read some of her books. She is a great role model for kids. I learned that my shoes and my purse should always match and you should always act like a lady even if you are kicking a guys arse.
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Post by bucky on Feb 4, 2011 19:10:06 GMT -5
Hi. I was actually wondering about the story behind the author's death - if that was based on a true story. Sorry I wasn't clearer. I never liked Nancy Drew, but I know that genre was very popular with young girls.
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Post by Marilyn on Feb 5, 2011 0:39:48 GMT -5
I didn't read any of the Nancy Drew books either. I have to chuckle everytime I see the name, 'Jessica, girl spy'. Too cute!
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Post by dfnmeows44 on Feb 6, 2011 15:42:56 GMT -5
I believe the author of the Nancy Drew stories was Carolyn Keene. Was this the pen name of Edward Stratemeyer? BTW was he any relation to the George Stratemeyer who was a Second Lietenant who gradutated from West Point at the same time(June 1915) as General James Van Fleet and General and future President Dwight Eisenhower?
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Post by cinlou on Feb 17, 2016 15:59:05 GMT -5
This would be a good question to ask Earl or Kami.
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Post by sueinbc on Feb 18, 2016 15:52:21 GMT -5
I believe the author of the Nancy Drew stories was Carolyn Keene. Was this the pen name of Edward Stratemeyer? Apparently, Carolyn Keene is a pseudonym for many authors who really wrote the Nancy Drew books (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolyn_Keene ). I believe that the Hardy Boys was the same – Franklin W. Dixon was a pseudonym for many authors. I read most of the Nancy Drew books that were available when I was young, and enjoyed them. I didn’t realize until I read the Wikipedia article that they were still being written into the 80’s.
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Post by coriscapnskip on Feb 18, 2016 20:55:39 GMT -5
As a kid I liked mysteries so people would give me Nancy Drew and Trixie Belden thinking I'd like them but I never could read them or the Hardy Boys which I tried on my own. I watched the Disney serial, the early 70s cartoon, and the late 70s TV series, and still couldn't read the books. I read 22 of the first 25 Three Investigators so it wasn't that I had any problems with series characters as such.
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Post by Kathy Lee on Feb 19, 2016 6:28:23 GMT -5
As a kid I liked mysteries so people would give me Nancy Drew and Trixie Belden thinking I'd like them but I never could read them or the Hardy Boys which I tried on my own. I watched the Disney serial, the early 70s cartoon, and the late 70s TV series, and still couldn't read the books. I read 22 of the first 25 Three Investigators so it wasn't that I had any problems with series characters as such. There is an earlier "girl detective" series called Ruth Fielding. The books were published around 1890 to 1920, more or less. I have some of the books. They all have titles like, "Ruth Fielding at Briarwood Hall" or "Ruth Fielding at ...." Very nice series with Ruth in a long skirt and shirtwaist, and with her hair up. Some covers have her with short hair bobbed in the style of the twenties.
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Post by JessicaGirlSpy on Jan 22, 2019 19:35:31 GMT -5
I love this Elizabeth moment. I know what it is like to be completely enthralled with a book and a literary character. I thought it was sad that Jessica's author had died. As far as girl sleuths go- I'm more of a Trixie Belden fan than a Nancy Drew fan. I am glad my saved all of her childhood books. She has quite a collection of Drew and Belden books.
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Post by carol on Jan 22, 2019 19:53:22 GMT -5
I seem to remember it being mentioned but I can't remember the episode that Elizabeth read Nancy Drew
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Post by patriciaanne on Jan 22, 2019 20:59:26 GMT -5
I can relate to Elizabeth. I loved the books by Irish author, Maeve Binchy. I was devastated to hear of her death.
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Post by JessicaGirlSpy on Jan 23, 2019 19:44:19 GMT -5
I can relate to Elizabeth. I loved the books by Irish author, Maeve Binchy. I was devastated to hear of her death. Her books seem like a great read. I'm going to have to add her to my reading list!
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Post by JessicaGirlSpy on Jan 23, 2019 20:44:10 GMT -5
I kinda think of the author Louise Fitzhugh when it comes to this episode. She wrote Harriet the Spy and a couple of other books and died November 19, 1974 at age 46. (Shudder!!! My mom is 45 and my dad is 47)
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Post by kazk on Jan 25, 2019 18:39:05 GMT -5
I believe the author of the Nancy Drew stories was Carolyn Keene. Was this the pen name of Edward Stratemeyer? BTW was he any relation to the George Stratemeyer who was a Second Lietenant who gradutated from West Point at the same time(June 1915) as General James Van Fleet and General and future President Dwight Eisenhower? The Stratmeyer syndicate was the publishing company for both Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys, among so many other children's series books. Many authors wrote the Nancy Drew titles under the name of Carolyn Keene. This happened and continues to happen with other children's series too. One of the Facebook groups I'm in is devoted to Collecting Children's Series Books. One of the people who posts there has done heaps of great research into the Stratmeyer syndicate and his posts are always fascinating.
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