THE CLUE IN THE OLD ALBUM - Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #24
"I have a theory that every mystery can be solved if one is persistent enough." - Nancy Drew
Basic Book Details
- Title: The Clue in the Old Album - Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #24
- Copyright Year: 1977 (Revised Edition)
- Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
- ISBN: 448095254
- Total Pages: 180
- Cover Artist: Rudy Nappi (1970s yellow spine edition)
- Text Version: Revised 20-chapter text by Harriet Stratemeyer Adams
- Interior Illustrations: Six plain paper illustrations
- Endpapers: White cameo/double oval endpapers
- Back Cover: Nancy Drew with magnifying glass in upper right corner, book list ending with #56 The Thirteenth Pearl (1979)
- Cover Number: White number "24" in upper left corner on red background
- Top Edge: No ink on page edges
- Original Language: English
- Edition Period: 1982-1986 yellow spine picture cover edition
Authorship Information
Written under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene, this revised 1977 edition was rewritten by Harriet Stratemeyer Adams, daughter of series creator Edward Stratemeyer. The original 1947 version was ghostwritten by Alma Sasse, who contributed several Nancy Drew mysteries during the 1940s. The 1977 revision modernized the language, updated cultural references, and condensed the story from 25 chapters to 20 chapters, making it more accessible to contemporary readers while maintaining the intriguing mystery involving family secrets, hidden identities, and historical photographs.
Story Synopsis
Nancy Drew becomes enthralled by a fascinating mystery when she discovers an old photograph album containing cryptic clues to a family's hidden past. The case begins when Nancy encounters a young woman searching for information about her ancestry and true identity. The only clues to her heritage are contained in a vintage photograph album filled with faded images, mysterious notations, and puzzling references that seem to point toward a long-buried family secret.
As Nancy delves deeper into the mystery, she must decipher the meaning behind the old photographs, track down the identities of people pictured decades ago, and unravel a complex web of family relationships that someone desperately wants to keep hidden. The investigation takes Nancy through dusty archives,
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THE CLUE IN THE OLD ALBUM - Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #24
"I have a theory that every mystery can be solved if one is persistent enough." - Nancy Drew
Basic Book Details
- Title: The Clue in the Old Album - Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #24
- Copyright Year: 1977 (Revised Edition)
- Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
- ISBN: 448095254
- Total Pages: 180
- Cover Artist: Rudy Nappi (1970s yellow spine edition)
- Text Version: Revised 20-chapter text by Harriet Stratemeyer Adams
- Interior Illustrations: Six plain paper illustrations
- Endpapers: White cameo/double oval endpapers
- Back Cover: Nancy Drew with magnifying glass in upper right corner, book list ending with #56 The Thirteenth Pearl (1979)
- Cover Number: White number "24" in upper left corner on red background
- Top Edge: No ink on page edges
- Original Language: English
- Edition Period: 1982-1986 yellow spine picture cover edition
Authorship Information
Written under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene, this revised 1977 edition was rewritten by Harriet Stratemeyer Adams, daughter of series creator Edward Stratemeyer. The original 1947 version was ghostwritten by Alma Sasse, who contributed several Nancy Drew mysteries during the 1940s. The 1977 revision modernized the language, updated cultural references, and condensed the story from 25 chapters to 20 chapters, making it more accessible to contemporary readers while maintaining the intriguing mystery involving family secrets, hidden identities, and historical photographs.
Story Synopsis
Nancy Drew becomes enthralled by a fascinating mystery when she discovers an old photograph album containing cryptic clues to a family's hidden past. The case begins when Nancy encounters a young woman searching for information about her ancestry and true identity. The only clues to her heritage are contained in a vintage photograph album filled with faded images, mysterious notations, and puzzling references that seem to point toward a long-buried family secret.
As Nancy delves deeper into the mystery, she must decipher the meaning behind the old photographs, track down the identities of people pictured decades ago, and unravel a complex web of family relationships that someone desperately wants to keep hidden. The investigation takes Nancy through dusty archives,
