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Nancy Drew book covers The first four Nancy Drew books, including The Secret of the Old Clock, were published in 1930.

Nancy Drew

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Nancy Drew is a fictional teenage amateur detective in an extended series of mystery books written by Carolyn Keene (a collective pseudonym, used by Edward Stratemeyer and, among many others, by his daughter Harriet S. Adams). Nancy Drew’s intelligence, courage, and independence made her a popular role model for many generations of young readers. The Secret of the Old Clock (1930), written by Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson, was followed by three additional Nancy Drew Mystery...

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