The Haunted Showboat
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The Haunted Showboat is the thirty-fifth book in the Nancy Drew
mystery series
. It was first published in 1957 under the pseudonym
Carolyn Keene
. The actual author was ghostwriter Harriet Stratemeyer Adams
. It's Mardi Gras and Nancy is searching for a buried treasure with her friends, Bess and George.
Nancy Drew
Nancy Drew is a fictional young amateur detective in various mystery series for all ages. She was created by Edward Stratemeyer, founder of the Stratemeyer Syndicate book packaging firm. The character first appeared in 1930. The books have been ghostwritten by a number of authors and are published...
mystery series
Nancy Drew Mystery Stories
The Nancy Drew Mystery Stories was the long-running "main" Nancy Drew series, published between 1930 and 2003. Initially, titles were published by Grosset & Dunlap, but with #57 publication switched to Simon & Schuster. Most people consider these first 56 to be the original series and consider the...
. It was first published in 1957 under the pseudonym
Pseudonym
A pseudonym is a name that a person assumes for a particular purpose and that differs from his or her original orthonym...
Carolyn Keene
Carolyn Keene
Carolyn Keene is the pseudonym of the authors of the Nancy Drew mystery stories and The Dana Girls mystery stories, both produced by the Stratemeyer Syndicate...
. The actual author was ghostwriter Harriet Stratemeyer Adams
Harriet Adams
Harriet Stratemeyer Adams was an American juvenile mystery novelist and publisher who authored some 200 books over her literary career. She wrote many books in the Nancy Drew series and a few in the Hardy Boys series...
. It's Mardi Gras and Nancy is searching for a buried treasure with her friends, Bess and George.