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Where Is Nancy Drew Today?

Where Is Nancy Drew Today?. Nancy Drew is everywhere. Dust Jackets of early books are collector’s items and can be found framed on a fan’s wall. A whole new mystery series was written with Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys.

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Where Is Nancy Drew Today?

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  1. Where Is Nancy Drew Today? • Nancy Drew is everywhere. • Dust Jackets of early books are collector’s items and can be found framed on a fan’s wall. • A whole new mystery series was written with Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys. • A current “re-birth” of Nancy Drew mysteries and trinkets can be found in bookstores and on numerous internet sites.

  2. Nancy Drew Is Everywhere

  3. Nancy Drew Is Everywhere • Nancy Drew teamed up with the Hardy Boys in the Super Mystery Stories. • The commercialization of Nancy Drew took many forms. • Dolls • Games • Cook Books • Today some of those articles are collector’s items and worth more than the original price.

  4. Nancy Drew on Film Did you know there were four early Nancy Drew films? • Nancy Drew Detective (1938) • Nancy Drew Reporter (1938) • Nancy Drew Troubleshooter (1939) • The Hidden Staircase, the second Nancy Drew book written in 1930, was a Warner Brothers film in 1939. • The 1939 film was so bad it was cited by then Supreme Court Justice Arthur Goldberg as an example of why "block booking" by motion picture studios should be banned.

  5. Nancy Drew on Film There are also more recent Nancy Drew films.

  6. Nancy Drew Craze & Collectibles ADVENTURE SET $59.99

  7. Nancy Drew Dolls $69.99 $89.99 $89.99 $69.99 Doll $149.99 $79.99 $99.99

  8. Nancy Drew Dolls Madame Alexander Doll Co. 1967

  9. Nancy Drew: Commercialized Fabric Knapsack Pajamas Purse Necklace T-shirt

  10. Nancy Drew: Commercialized Nancy Drew Sleuths: 2006 Convention: October 11-15, 2006 Chicago, IL Nancy Drew and Girl Sleuths: February 16-17, 2007 Chambersburg, PA Nancy Drew Sleuths: 2007 Convention: June, 2007 Hollywood, CA Nancy Drew Games Conventions

  11. Nancy Drew: Commercialized • In 1973, The Nancy Drew Cookbook: Clues to Good Cookingwas published by Grosset & Dunlap. • What is so secret about Bess's Secret Chocolate Waffles? • Are the Captive Biscuits being held captive somewhere? • Is Lemonade Disguise another one of Nancy's "bad“ • aliases?

  12. Nancy Drew: Commercialized Cereal Boxes Diaries

  13. Nancy Drew Fan Clubs

  14. Hardy Boys Commercialization Joe Hardy $129.99 Frank Hardy $129.99

  15. Nancy Drew Resources • http://womenshistory.about.com/library/weekly/ucnancydrew.htm • http://womenshistory.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.iusb.edu/%7Ejournal/1999/Paper12. html • http://www.loti.com/fifties_history/Nancy_Drew_Teen_Sleuth.htm • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Drew • http://www.literarture.net/catalogue/view/1?page=1 • http://www.nancydrewsleuth.com/ • http://www.nancydrewsleuth.com/ • members.aol.com/jennatlaw/nancy.htm

  16. Where Will Nancy Be Next?

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