The Stratemeyer Syndicate, the group reponsible for bringing to life Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, and a number of other literary series aimed at the young and young at heart, was based in Newark, New Jersey. While the series may have been written elsewhere by other authors, the character sketches and plot outlines were developed here in the Garden State. That makes Nancy, one of my childhood heroes, a Jersey Girl.
For a well-written enjoyable book on the history of the Stratemeyer Syndicate, and Nancy in particular, see Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her by Melanie Rehak (NY: Harcourt, 2005.
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Tuesday, January 17, 2006
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