02341cam a22004093u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003701000130007804000110009104100170010205000070011910000190012624500320014526400510017730000470022833600260027533700260030133800360032749000350036350000940039850000310049250800960052352008830061953400640150265300380156665300340160465300300163865300410166865300590170965300510176870000340181983000350185385600430188877924UtSlPG20260610134815.0mcr n260607r20261930utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  a30012384  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPZ1 aKeene, Carolyn14aThe secret of the old clock 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2026  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier1 aNancy Drew mystery stories ; 1  aWikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_of_the_Old_Clock  aRelease date is 2026-02-13  aGreg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net  aThe Secret of the Old Clock is the first volume in the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories series, written under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene. It was first published on April 28, 1930, and rewritten in 1959 by Harriet Stratemeyer Adams. On January 1, 2026, the original version of the novel entered the public domain in the USA.
Nancy Drew is a sixteen-year-old high school graduate (her age was changed to eighteen in the 1959 rewrite). Her father, Carson Drew, is a well-known criminal defense lawyer. The Drews reside in River Heights and employ a housekeeper, Hannah Gruen. In early editions, she is depicted as a mere servant; later in the series, she becomes more of a family member.
In 2001, the novel ranked 53rd on Publishers Weekly's list of the all-time best-selling hardcover children's books in English, having sold about 2.7 million copies. (This summary is from Wikipedia.)  pOriginally published:cNew York, NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1930  aTeenage girls -- Juvenile fiction  aMystery and detective stories  aWills -- Juvenile fiction  aWomen detectives -- Juvenile fiction  aDrew, Nancy (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile fiction  aLost and found possessions -- Juvenile fiction1 aTandy, Russell H.,d1891-1963 0aNancy Drew mystery stories ; 140uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77924