Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her

Back on the book train, I recently finished the novel entitled: Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her. This was a really nifty little piece of nonfiction. I'm normlly a big fiction fan, but this had me drawn in. As a child I was a HUGE fan of the Nancy Drew Stories. i would get a new book and then devour it instantly. I know that I was not the only child who felt this way! This weeks little ditty was a discription of the history of Nancy Drew. It went into the developoment of the Stratemeyer Syndicate - creators of the Bobsey Twins (another childhood favorite), the Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, and a bunch of other characters I had never heard of. The book was pretty interesting. It got me thinking about how Nancy Drew helped to shape me, and the impact she had on generations of women before me. She was such a strong character, and she made me a lifelong mystery fan! It was a pretty good read, for a non-fiction sort of book!