[bksvol-discuss] Re: Recent Submission
- From: "Jake" <jabrown@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 23:37:06 -0500
The Hardy Boys were originally started in 1927 and I believe Nancy Drew in
1930. They have always been ghost written. They were originally started by
the Stratemeyer Syndicate. In the late 50s and early 60s the first 30 or so
odd books in each series were rewritten to keep up with the times.
References to racism and the like were removed to keep up with the time.
Up until 1979 58 Hardy Boys books had been published and I think 56 Nancy
Drew books. In a court battle Simon & Schuster gained the rights to both
pairs. Grossett and Dunlap still are allowed to publish the original HB and
ND canons.
Simon and Schuster began releasing more adventure stories in the same
sequence as had been originally started. The Hardy Boys Mystery Stories
refers to the original set of books that are still published today, if
memory serves correctly there are over 180 books in the series. Recently the
ND line of books was stopped and a new series took it's place.
In the mid 80s S&S released "The Hardy Boys Casefiles" and "The nancy Drew
Files" series. These new series were aimed at a slightly older audience.
Both series have been since discontinued. The HB Casefiles after 127 volumes
and the ND Files after 124.
Also in the 90s S&S began publishing two series aimed at younger readers
than the orignal series. "Frank and Joe Hardy The Clues Brothers" & "The
nancy Drew Notebooks" have the detectives under the age of 10 in shorter
stories. While the Clues Brothers series has halted, the Nancy Drew
Notebooks are still being released.
Nancy Drew has also appeared in series such as Nancy Drew on Campus and
Nancy Drew in River Heights. Both series were discontinued.
The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew teamed up in a series of books in a series
called "A Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys Super Mystery" These were published
under the Keene pen name and there were 36 volumes in all...the series has
since been discontinued.
One other pretty neat thing that happened in the 90s, was that Applewood
Books began reprinting the original texts in their original format for both
The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew. The only different being the price marker,
the logo telling you it's new and a special forward that provides
background. Applewood is still releasing about 2 titles a year in this
format.
While I have talked and rambled a lot, there's still quite a bit I have not
touched on, if you are still with me great :-) You can find more about these
two series by going to The Hardy Boys Unofficial Home Page website. It is an
excellent resource. Go to:
www.hardy-boys.net
There's a link to the Unofficial Nancy Drew Home Page there as well.
If you have any questions you'd like to send me feel free.
Hope this helps,
Jake
----- Original Message -----
From: <talmage@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2004 10:53 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Recent Submission
> Hi Kellie,
>
> A while back I validated a few of the newer Nancy Drew books and was under
> the impression that Nancy is getting younger with age. Am I mistaken, or
> was Nancy High School age in the original books? It also seems that
> somewhere in the back of my mind, or what passes for one, I recall that
the
> original Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew books were written by the same author
> under different pen names. Has someone taken up the pen name of Carolyn
> Keene to add to the Nancy Drew collection, or did the author write that
> many back in the 30's, 40's and 50's?
>
> Dave
>
> At 12:53 PM 8/21/2004, you wrote:
> >Hi Jake,
> >I'm happy that you're submitting some Hardy Boys mysteries. I've got a
> >collection of the Nancy Drew case files that were submitted a while back,
> >but even though I'm a girl I always liked the Hardy Boys slightly better.
> ><smile> It's fun to validate these kid's books because it's a good excuse
to
> >read them without feeling silly. <lol>
> >Kellie
>
>
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