The Clue in the Old Album
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Author | Carolyn Keene |
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Cover artist | Russell H. Tandy |
Language | English |
Series | Nancy Drew Mystery Stories |
Genre | Juvenile literature |
Publisher | Grosset & Dunlap |
Publication date | 1947 |
Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
ISBN | 0-448-09524-6 |
Preceded by | The Mystery of the Tolling Bell |
Followed by | The Ghost of Blackwood Hall |
The Clue in the Old Album is the twenty-fourth volume in the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories series. It was first published in 1947 under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene.[1]
Plot summary[]
Nancy witnesses a purse snatching and pursues the thief. She rescues the purse, but not its contents, then is asked by the owner, a doll collector, to do some detective work. "The source of light will heal all ills, but a curse will follow him who takes it from the gypsies." This is one of the clues Nancy is given to find an old album, a lost doll, and a missing gypsy violinist. The young sleuth never gives up her search, though Nancy faints after being injected with poison by a French-swordsman doll, run off the road in her car by an enemy, and sent many warnings to give up the case.
References[]
External links[]
- The Clue in the Old Album at Fantastic Fiction
- Nancy Drew books
- 1947 American novels
- 1947 children's books
- Grosset & Dunlap books
- Children's mystery novels
- 1940s children's novel stubs
- 1940s novel stubs
- Young adult novel stubs
- 1940s mystery novel stubs