|
The Secret of the Old Clock is the first book in the Nancy Drew mystery series by Carolyn Keene. Nancy Drew is a young detective, about 16 years old when the series starts, and her father is a well-known lawyer in River Heights, where the Drew family lives. The housekeeper, Mrs. Hannah Gruen, lives with the family. In early original text stories, she is a servant. Later in the series, she is treated more as a member of the family, and this is the role she plays in revised stories. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (432x641, 137 KB) This image is of a book cover, and the copyright for it is most likely owned either by the artist who created the cover or the publisher of the book. ...
Carolyn Keene is the pseudonym of the authors of the Nancy Drew mystery series, and also The Dana Girls mystery series, both published by the Stratemeyer Syndicate. ...
In political geography and international politics, a country is a political division of a geographical entity, a sovereign territory, most commonly associated with the notions of state or nation and government. ...
The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...
The Secret of the Old Clock, the first Nancy Drew mystery Nancy Drew is a fictional character, the heroine detective of a popular mystery series. ...
Detective fiction is a branch of crime fiction that centres upon the investigation of a crime, usually murder, by a detective, either professional or amateur. ...
A publisher is a person or entity which engages in the act of publishing. ...
Grosset & Dunlap is a United States book publisher founded in 1898. ...
This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...
To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ...
ISBN-13 represented as EAN-13 bar code (in this case ISBN 978-3-16-148410-0) The International Standard Book Number, ISBN, is a unique[1] commercial book identifier barcode. ...
The Hidden Staircase is the second book in the Nancy Drew mystery series by Carolyn Keene. ...
The Secret of the Old Clock, the first Nancy Drew mystery Nancy Drew is a fictional character, the heroine detective of a popular mystery series. ...
Carolyn Keene is the pseudonym of the authors of the Nancy Drew mystery series, and also The Dana Girls mystery series, both published by the Stratemeyer Syndicate. ...
As of the year 2001, it ranked 53rd on a list of the all-time best-selling hardcover children's book in English; according to Publishers Weekly, it had sold about 2.7 million copies.[1]. 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of the Volunteer The United Nations Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations Events January January 1 - A black monolith measuring approximately nine feet tall appears in Seattles Magnuson Park, placed by an anonymous...
Publishers Weekly is a weekly trade news magazine targeted at publishers, librarians, booksellers, and literary agents. ...
Plot introduction
In the original released in April 1930, Nancy is a 16 year-old high school graduate, who desires to help the poor, struggling relatives of Josiah Crowley, recently deceased. She is spurred on by her dislike for his "heirs," snobbish, wealthy rivals in the community. Traveling through the rural area in her blue roadster, Nancy investigates by interviewing various relatives and friends of Crowley, and has a run-in with thieves in trying to recover Crowley's mantle clock, in which the clue to the whereabouts his last will are hidden, including an exciting car chase involving guns and police. Along the way, Nancy is briefly aided by Helen Corning, a chum, and encounters girls her own age, the Hornes, who stand to inherit by the discovery of the later will. Many of the meetings are accidental. Helen Corning Archer is a character in the popular Nancy Drew mystery series. ...
In the 1959 version, Nancy is 18, and is most prompted to help the Crowley kin by her affection for a young child who is a distant relative. The Horners are now the Hoovers, and Nancy helps to discover musical talent in their family. She uses her high-powered navy blue convertible to aid her in her search. This Nancy is more refined and sedate, the gun chase is toned-down, her rivals are depicted as very undeserving of wealth, and Helen is older (in preparation for her initial "write-out," after volume 4 of the revised series---no explanation is made in the original series to introduce Bess and George.)
Artwork: In 1930, this volume was published with the white-spine dust jacket shown, and four glossy black and white illustrations. In 1937, three of the illustrations were eliminated, leaving only a frontispiece. In 1943, this art was updated to fit current 1940's style. In 1950, the dust jacket was re-done as a wraparound jacket, with the picture continuing onto the spine of the book, with 1950's era appearance. When the new text was published in 1959, five illustrations were added. In 1962, dust jackets were eliminated by the publisher, and the books were issued with the art directly on the cover with yellow spines and backs. In 1965, the art was updated on the cover, but all of the other illustrations remained the same.
|
Feeds |
Contact