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August 31, 2005: Nancy Drew on Exhibit at University of Maryland
"COLLEGE PARK, Maryland: Nancy Drew is one of the most famous figures in American popular fiction and one of the most successful: More than 80 million copies of her mysteries have been sold since "The Secret of the Old Clock" was published in 1930. This year the spunky sleuth celebrates her 75th anniversary in print and to mark the occasion the University of Maryland Libraries present "Nancy Drew and Friends: Girls' Series Books Rediscovered."
This exhibit, which opens Sept. 1 in Hornbake Library and runs through the end of the year, examines the impact that girls' series books - from Nancy Drew to Trixie Belden, Cherry Ames and many more - have had on the life and culture of America, and showcases the Rose and Joseph Pagnani Collection of more than 300 books from 33 different series published from 1917-1980."
