Karin wrote:
> Bobbseys to Bruens by way of Christie and Keene:
Memoirs of a Woman
> Noir-Lover
>
> I'll bet a lot of us could imagine writing that
article/dissertation/
> book.
And I wrote:
> "If someone wants to write it, I'm willing to
publish it on my site.
> I've always considered the Bobbseys, the Boys, Nancy
Drew and the
> Three
> Investigators (and now Chet Gecko) as gateway
drugs."
And then Mark wrote:
> Although I did read a few Hardy Boys books (but most
prized their
> investigation manual), it was Encyclopedia Brown and
Emil and the
> Detectives that started me. Then my father gave me
the Complete
> Sherlock Holmes in two volumes. Read some Christies,
but finally found
> my home when I read The Long Goodbye.
The offer still stands. If anyone around here wants to do an
overview of crime and mystery books for kids and how they
lead them here, I'd love to run it. Or if someone wants to
champion one of their early childhood favourites that I've
missed (or expand upon those I've listed), that would be good
too. Just contact me privately.
I'm sure for most of us who have read all our lives, the
first crime or detective novel we read wasn't I, THE JURY or
THE BIG SLEEP or some stone cold hard-boiled classic... and
to tell the truth, I'd be dubious about any claims that they
were.
Kevin Burton Smith The Thrilling Detective Web Site
Celebrating 10 Years of P.I. Thrills
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