Publisher's Synopsis
Examining the contents, themes and publishing histories of juvenile literature in late-20th-century America, this text covers Louisa May Alcott to Nancy Drew's home town, including Tom Swift, Dave Fearless, the Bobbsey Twins, Howard R. Garis, Leo Edwards, the Rover Boys and Percy Keese Fitzhugh. The book has a factual as well as humorous approach and includes many illustrations to detail the publishing histories of these individual books and series.
