Writing Prompt #5 Mystery Items In the bag given to us last week I found two books which where the exact same title. Nancy Drew, The Sign Of The Twisted Candles. Seemed a bit odd two of the exact same book, but then I noticed the books did not seem the same age. One book seemed much older than the other. The cover and binding appeared older in age. Where one book had a photo on the cover, the other was plain with a shadow of a girl which seemed to be more of an older book style. Turning to the title page this theory proved to be true. The book with the phot on the cover had a copyright date of 1968 where the other book’s copyright date was 1933. This at first was a bit surprising to me. Growing up on Nancy Drew books, I never realized her stories where that old. I was not surprised by the 1968 dates but really did not know they went back to 1933, maybe even older. I also noticed that even though there are two different copyright dates these books were both published by the same publisher. This then made me wonder why they would have a new copyright date and not just a new print date as the newer book suggest they did reprint in 1986. I wondered about the story line itself had the new copyright dates changed the story. Reading the first chapter of each book I noticed a couple things. Although the story appears to be the same it is told differently. Such things in the story like her car have changed. In the older 1933 version Nancy drives a Roadster, in the newer 1968 version it just mentions her sports car. There is a sketch of her in her car in the book which makes it look like a typical 1960’s muscle car. I also noticed how in the older book her car gets stuck at the end of the drive way of the hotel where in the newer book they get trapped on the road by a tree which falls across the road. Not sure why the difference there in the story line. Either way she and her friends get stuck and must go into the hotel for help. As the story seems the same so far a couple things I am curious about, the time periods of this book take place in two different. This would think that the wording would suggest different styles. There should be different life styles in the story line. In the 1930’s there was still segregation in the 1960’s there were protests and stands against segregation will that be reflected in the story lines. Why would they change so much of the wording in the story? I do not recall reading this particular Nancy Drew as a child so I don’t recall how the story goes, but I believe this will be interesting to learn more.
In the bag given to us last week I found two books which where
the exact same title. Nancy Drew, The Sign Of The Twisted Candles.
Seemed a bit odd two of the exact same book, but then I noticed the
books did not seem the same age. One book seemed much older than
the other. The cover and binding appeared older in age. Where one
book had a photo on the cover, the other was plain with a shadow of
a girl which seemed to be more of an older book style. Turning to
the title page this theory proved to be true. The book with the
phot on the cover had a copyright date of 1968 where the other
books copyright date was 1933. This at first was a bit surprising
to me. Growing up on Nancy Drew books, I never realized her stories
where that old. I was not surprised by the 1968 dates but really
did not know they went back to 1933, maybe even older. I also
noticed that even though there are two different copyright dates
these books were both published by the same publisher. This then
made me wonder why they would have a new copyright date and not
just a new print date as the newer book suggest they did reprint in
1986. I wondered about the story line itself had the new copyright
dates changed the story. Reading the first chapter of each book I
noticed a couple things. Although the story appears to be the same
it is told differently. Such things in the story like her car have
changed. In the older 1933 version Nancy drives a Roadster, in the
newer 1968 version it just mentions her sports car. There is a
sketch of her in her car in the book which makes it look like a
typical 1960s muscle car. I also noticed how in the older book her
car gets stuck at the end of the drive way of the hotel where in
the newer book they get trapped on the road by a tree which falls
across the road. Not sure why the difference there in the story
line. Either way she and her friends get stuck and must go into the
hotel for help. As the story seems the same so far a couple things
I am curious about, the time periods of this book take place in two
different. This would think that the wording would suggest
different styles. There should be different life styles in the
story line. In the 1930s there was still segregation in the 1960s
there were protests and stands against segregation will that be
reflected in the story lines. Why would they change so much of the
wording in the story? I do not recall reading this particular Nancy
Drew as a child so I dont recall how the story goes, but I believe
this will be interesting to learn more.
