tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post4766014710872543450..comments2023-11-22T06:35:25.251-05:00Comments on POE'S DEADLY DAUGHTERS: Why Nancy Meant So MuchJulia Buckleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-46830788712661158272011-10-16T14:06:28.675-04:002011-10-16T14:06:28.675-04:00Great clips! How interesting that the Hardy Boys n...Great clips! How interesting that the Hardy Boys name only comes at the end of the intro. I thought it was a pirate movie until the last title credit.<br /><br />Those books do look very different, but I like the covers--they're somehow more bookish and sophisticated than the bright blue and yellow covers of the 70s.Julia Buckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-22214996586282750972011-10-14T11:38:08.597-04:002011-10-14T11:38:08.597-04:00You're welcome, Julia. I suspect the blue cov...You're welcome, Julia. I suspect the blue covers came in later -- they had coloured illustrations on the front, right? I'd have encountered the Hardy Boys 1957/58/59, when the covers looked like this:<br /><br />http://www.biblio.com/books/71178049.html<br /><br />I'm sure you've already searched it out, if you had any interest at all, but here's the opening theme song for JJMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13404985455733545060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-30569763052593116422011-10-13T21:35:04.904-04:002011-10-13T21:35:04.904-04:00Thanks for that information, Mario! I did not know...Thanks for that information, Mario! I did not know about that tv series, nor do I remember brown Hardy Boys books--I only ever saw the blue ones in bookstores.<br /><br />That song is great, but I don't recognize it.<br /><br />I do remember the song to the Mickey Mouse Club, though. :)Julia Buckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-60137455467910627152011-10-11T16:44:24.339-04:002011-10-11T16:44:24.339-04:00@ Julia: the roadster belonged to the Hardy Boys. ...@ Julia: the roadster belonged to the Hardy Boys. I read those back in grade school, among the first books I read in English. (I learned much of my English watching The Mickey Mouse Club, which serialized <i>The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure</i>, based on <i>The Tower Treasure</i> and starring Tim Considine and Tommy Kirk. I was somewhat surprised to find the boys well into their teens andJJMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13404985455733545060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-45172030181207737482011-10-10T19:46:08.542-04:002011-10-10T19:46:08.542-04:00Liz--I just perused several Nancy blogs, and it is...Liz--I just perused several Nancy blogs, and it is in fact a "blue coupe" that she drove, but it is also described as a convertible!Julia Buckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-75459611497565555592011-10-10T19:41:11.789-04:002011-10-10T19:41:11.789-04:00Karen, they really have staying power, don't t...Karen, they really have staying power, don't they?<br /><br />Liz, I did graduate up to Agatha Christie after reading Nancy Drew. I found Agatha more sophisticated, of course, in terms of diction and style, but also her puzzles posed a whole new level of difficulty.<br /><br />My favorite as a kid was THEY CAME TO BAGHDAD, which is just a fun, fun book.Julia Buckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-44982662772095851092011-10-10T19:32:37.289-04:002011-10-10T19:32:37.289-04:00My 12-year-old cousin Emily reads them now. (I fee...My 12-year-old cousin Emily reads them now. (I feel better about Nancy driving a convertible in the current version since Julia said in her day it was a coupe, not the roadster I remember.) Cousin Emily was named for L.M. Montgomery's Emily of New Moon, my favorite book in childhood--and her mom's (my amicably-ex-cousin-in-law) too. Mystery didn't particularly grab my imagination backElizabeth Zelvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13944424094949207841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-9368173080743060192011-10-10T18:53:11.969-04:002011-10-10T18:53:11.969-04:00Loved Nancy during the yellow cover '70s and s...Loved Nancy during the yellow cover '70s and still do. My sister also introduced me to the series, and I'll be starting my daughter on it in a couple years!Karen Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16826935910848113399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-2881544872912589812011-10-10T18:45:11.213-04:002011-10-10T18:45:11.213-04:00Oh, Irene, that sounds ideal! And what a lovely me...Oh, Irene, that sounds ideal! And what a lovely memory.Julia Buckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-64193750854868166952011-10-10T17:35:35.085-04:002011-10-10T17:35:35.085-04:00Summer time, the glider on the front porch of a fr...Summer time, the glider on the front porch of a friend's grandmother's home. All afternoon lost in the world of mystery.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04182028108594825938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-42354195312305995642011-10-10T15:41:44.359-04:002011-10-10T15:41:44.359-04:00Bill, as I recall Nancy's roadster always &quo...Bill, as I recall Nancy's roadster always "purred" when she started the motor. It seemed that even Nancy's car admired Nancy. :)<br /><br />Sandra, if you read one now I'm sure you'd wonder what all the fuss was about--but at a certain age, in a certain time--they were highly satisfying.Julia Buckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-6071615431318352322011-10-10T13:58:31.015-04:002011-10-10T13:58:31.015-04:00I read the early Nancy Drews when I was a kid. I ...I read the early Nancy Drews when I was a kid. I still want a yellow roadster.mybillcriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-69498156572126695282011-10-10T12:23:13.852-04:002011-10-10T12:23:13.852-04:00I have to confess I've never read a single Nan...I have to confess I've never read a single Nancy Drew book. I didn't read mysteries until I was an adult, and I started with Agatha Christie and Sherlock Holmes.Sandra Parshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17403144248962124138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-25433669282796570672011-10-10T12:22:12.701-04:002011-10-10T12:22:12.701-04:00Haha. Great story, Diane. I remember when the seri...Haha. Great story, Diane. I remember when the series came out (Pamela Sue Martin, Shaun Cassidy, Parker Stevenson), but I was disappointed with it, and with the fact that the characters didn't even capture the look of the era in the books.<br /><br />English teacher, I'm not even sure I know of the three investigators . . .<br /><br />Paul, I read a couple of Hardy Boys, too. The also hadJulia Buckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-21692677707790514812011-10-10T10:35:33.412-04:002011-10-10T10:35:33.412-04:00I read some of the Nancy Drew books in 7th grade, ...I read some of the Nancy Drew books in 7th grade, so about 11 years of age. But I had already stared reading adult mysteries by then. The ones you mentioned, as well as John Dickson Carr, Ellery Queen, Frances and Richard Lockridge's Mr. and Mrs. North, and many, many more. I found the Nancy Drew series too quick a read. Fun, but I could go through one in an afternoon. So I went back to Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14500345360900905162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-12205061308847456962011-10-10T09:23:30.838-04:002011-10-10T09:23:30.838-04:00Oh, yes, although I cut my teeth on the 1950s vers...Oh, yes, although I cut my teeth on the 1950s versions (I never did quite figure out what a "roadster" was). I would save my allowance--I think it was 50 cents a week back then--to buy them. It breaks my heart that my mother got rid of them all in the course of a move in 1963--a shelf's worth.<br /><br />Nancy served as an unusual model for a strong, independent young woman. And Sheila Connollyhttp://www.sheilaconnolly.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-3121866373488954502011-10-10T06:48:47.896-04:002011-10-10T06:48:47.896-04:00It was Hardy Boys for me, soon to transition into ...It was Hardy Boys for me, soon to transition into Sherlock Holmes.Paulhttp://www.paullamb.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-85725082542907766432011-10-10T06:42:42.569-04:002011-10-10T06:42:42.569-04:00I was never a big Nancy fan. I gobbled up the Thr...I was never a big Nancy fan. I gobbled up the Three Investigators series when I was about 8. I loved those books, which are, unfortunately, out of print now.<br /><br />It's too bad about giving away your collection of Nancy books. I still have all my favorite books from childhood, and sometimes it's still nice to re-read them. :)The English Teacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14982031308501442156noreply@blogger.com