Sisters, school girls, and sleuths
Subtitle: girls' series books in America
By: Carolyn Carpan.
Series: Scarecrow studies in young adult literature -- no. 30
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 165
ISBN-13: 9780810857568; 9780810863958
Subjects: Children's stories, American -- History and criticism; Young adult fiction, American -- History and criticism; Girls in literature; Teenage girls in fiction; Children's literature in series -- History and criticism; Girls -- Books and reading -- United States -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Victorian and Vassar girls; title: Schoolgirls and sorority sisters; title: Adventure girls and the new woman; title: The secret of Nancy Drew and her sister sleuths; title: Career girls and World War II; title: Romances and revisions; title: Romance meets reality; title: Sweet dreams for teen queens; title: High school horrors!