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008    921202s1993    nyua     b    001 0 eng   
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019    30736847|a829231780 
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049    CKEA 
050 00 PS3537.T817|bZ72 1993 
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100 1  Johnson, Deidre. 
245 10 Edward Stratemeyer and the Stratemeyer Syndicate /|cDeidre
       Johnson. 
264  1 New York :|bTwayne Publishers ;|c[1993] 
264  1 New York :|bMaxwell Macmillan International,|c[1993] 
264  1 (Printed in the United States of America) 
264  4 |c©1993 
300    xv, 195 pages :|billustrations ;|c23 cm. 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
490 1  Twayne's United States authors series ;|vTUSAS 627 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-188) and 
       index. 
520    Carolyn Keene, Laura Lee Hope, Franklin W. Dixon ... these
       names are synonymous with some of the best-loved books of 
       any American child: the Nancy Drew, Bobbsey Twins, and 
       Hardy Boys series. Yet these names are as much fiction as 
       are the books on which their names appear, because those 
       books - and hundreds more - are actually the brain child 
       of one Edward Stratemeyer. 
520 8  Born in 1862, this man was one of the most prolific 
       children's writers in the United States, and he exploited 
       the market to its fullest potential. After some publishing
       successes himself in the 1890s, he developed the 
       Stratemeyer Syndicate - a type of production factory for 
       series books. Stratemeyer would conceive ideas for series,
       draft an outline for each book, and hire writers to turn 
       the outlines into full-length manuscripts, all published 
       under pennames. The syndicate kept between 19 and 31 
       series in progress until Stratemeyer's death in 1930, when
       his daughters assumed control, publishing over 480 books. 
       Not all the books were popular, but by experimenting with 
       different types of series, using timely material, and 
       reflecting prevailing social values, Edward Stratemeyer 
       and the Syndicate offered readers vicarious wish 
       fulfillment. 
520 8  Deidre Johnson has examined both the life and work of this
       astute businessman-writer, getting to the bottom of his 
       phenomenal achievement. In addition to defining the 
       practices of the syndicate, identifying some of its 
       authors, and examining the evolution of many of the series,
       Johnson provides a comprehensiveness and succinctness in 
       analyzing the viability and respectability of the 
       Stratemeyers' considerable accomplishments. 
530    Also issued online. 
600 10 Stratemeyer, Edward,|d1862-1930|xCharacters. 
600 14 Stratemeyer, Edward,|d1862-1930. 
600 17 Stratemeyer, Edward,|d1862-1930|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00061528 
600 17 Stratemeyer, Edward.|2swd 
610 20 Stratemeyer Syndicate. 
610 27 Stratemeyer Syndicate.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00528815 
648  7 1900-1999|2fast 
650  0 Literature publishing|zUnited States|xHistory|y20th 
       century. 
650  0 Children|xBooks and reading|zUnited States|xHistory|y20th 
       century. 
650  0 Children's stories, American|xHistory and criticism. 
650  0 Children's literature|xPublishing|zUnited States. 
650  7 Characters and characteristics.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00852293 
650  7 Children|xBooks and reading.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00854849 
650  7 Children's literature|xPublishing.|2fast
       |0(OCoLC)fst00855836 
650  7 Children's stories, American.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00856654 
650  7 Literature publishing.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01000111 
651  7 United States.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01204155 
653 0  English fiction 
653 0  United States 
655  7 Criticism, interpretation, etc.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01411635 
655  7 History.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01411628 
655  7 Dust jackets (Bindings)|y1993.|2rbbin 
710 2  Twayne Publishers.|4pbl 
710 2  Maxwell Macmillan Canada.|4pbl 
710 2  Maxwell Macmillan International.|4pbl 
776 08 |iOnline version:|aJohnson, Deidre.|tEdward Stratemeyer 
       and the Stratemeyer Syndicate.|dNew York : Twayne 
       Publishers ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; New York
       : Maxwell Macmillan International, ©1993|w(OCoLC)621150940
830  0 Twayne's United States authors series ;|vTUSAS 627. 
994    C0|bCKE