Tom Swift, the Bobbsey Twins and Other Heroes of American Juvenile Literature

by John Dizer

Overview

This study examines the contents, themes, and publishing histories of juvenile literature. Subjects range from Louisa May Alcott to Nancy Drew's home town, including Tom Swift (and his girlfriend), Dave Fearless, the Bobbsey Twins, Howard R. Garis, the Louisa May Alcott/Oliver Optic feud, Leo Edwards, Harry Collingwood, Edward Stratemeyer, the Rover Boys, Franklin Mathiews and Boy Scout Censorship, and Percy Keese Fitzhugh. This factual but humorous approach leans on the best scholarship in the field. It includes many illustrations to detail the publishing histories of these individual books and series, which often read like sophisticated pieces of detective work. With color illustrations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780773408333
Publisher:	PSR Press Ltd.
Publication date:	01/01/1997
Pages:	484
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.08(d)