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Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #29
Mystery at the Ski Jump
When Nancy learns the Drews’ housekeeper has been duped by an elegantly dressed woman into buying a stolen fur piece, the young detective starts a search for the clever swindler. To Nancy’s astonishment, she discovers the woman is using the name Nancy Drew! The dishonest acts of the impostor point the finger of suspicion at Nancy herself! Following the trail of the clever fur thieves and stock swindlers to New York and into Canada, Nancy is tireless in her quest for justice, determined to clear her good name! This book is the revised text. The plot of the original story (©1952) is similar with minor revisions.
176 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1952
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Carolyn Keene
1,004 books3,869 followersCarolyn Keene is a writer pen name that was used by many different people- both men and women- over the years. The company that was the creator of the Nancy Drew series, the Stratemeyer Syndicate, hired a variety of writers. For Nancy Drew, the writers used the pseudonym Carolyn Keene to assure anonymity of the creator.
Edna and Harriet Stratemeyer inherited the company from their father Edward Stratemeyer. Edna contributed 10 plot outlines before passing the reins to her sister Harriet. It was Mildred Benson (aka: Mildred A. Wirt), who breathed such a feisty spirit into Nancy's character. Mildred wrote 23 of the original 30 Nancy Drew Mystery Stories®, including the first three. It was her characterization that helped make Nancy an instant hit. The Stratemeyer Syndicate's devotion to the series over the years under the reins of Harriet Stratemeyer Adams helped to keep the series alive and on store shelves for each succeeding generation of girls and boys. In 1959, Harriet, along with several writers, began a 25-year project to revise the earlier Carolyn Keene novels. The Nancy Drew books were condensed, racial stereotypes were removed, and the language was updated. In a few cases, outdated plots were completely rewritten.
Other writers of Nancy Drew volumes include Harriet herself, she wrote most of the series after Mildred quit writing for the Syndicate and in 1959 began a revision of the first 34 texts. The role of the writer of "Carolyn Keene" passed temporarily to Walter Karig who wrote three novels during the Great Depression. Also contributing to Nancy Drew's prolific existence were Leslie McFarlane, James Duncan Lawrence, Nancy Axelrod, Priscilla Doll, Charles Strong, Alma Sasse, Wilhelmina Rankin, George Waller Jr., and Margaret Scherf.
Edna and Harriet Stratemeyer inherited the company from their father Edward Stratemeyer. Edna contributed 10 plot outlines before passing the reins to her sister Harriet. It was Mildred Benson (aka: Mildred A. Wirt), who breathed such a feisty spirit into Nancy's character. Mildred wrote 23 of the original 30 Nancy Drew Mystery Stories®, including the first three. It was her characterization that helped make Nancy an instant hit. The Stratemeyer Syndicate's devotion to the series over the years under the reins of Harriet Stratemeyer Adams helped to keep the series alive and on store shelves for each succeeding generation of girls and boys. In 1959, Harriet, along with several writers, began a 25-year project to revise the earlier Carolyn Keene novels. The Nancy Drew books were condensed, racial stereotypes were removed, and the language was updated. In a few cases, outdated plots were completely rewritten.
Other writers of Nancy Drew volumes include Harriet herself, she wrote most of the series after Mildred quit writing for the Syndicate and in 1959 began a revision of the first 34 texts. The role of the writer of "Carolyn Keene" passed temporarily to Walter Karig who wrote three novels during the Great Depression. Also contributing to Nancy Drew's prolific existence were Leslie McFarlane, James Duncan Lawrence, Nancy Axelrod, Priscilla Doll, Charles Strong, Alma Sasse, Wilhelmina Rankin, George Waller Jr., and Margaret Scherf.
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January 29, 2022
all of the nancy drew books kind of blend, which is both part of their appeal and the reason i'm only reviewing the ones i own.
(and also the reason why i only own the ones i have vintage copies of that i stole from my grandma. but that's another story.)
the main thing i remember about this one is how scary the hand on the cover of my edition is. seriously. look at it. eek.
part of a series i'm doing in which i review books i read a long time ago and it's a pointless endeavor for all of us
(and also the reason why i only own the ones i have vintage copies of that i stole from my grandma. but that's another story.)
the main thing i remember about this one is how scary the hand on the cover of my edition is. seriously. look at it. eek.
part of a series i'm doing in which i review books i read a long time ago and it's a pointless endeavor for all of us
December 20, 2022
This was boring. I prefer it when Nancy drew is looking for ghost. I really don't care About looking for a fur thief.
February 4, 2008
Every girl needs to go through a Nancy Drew phase at least once. For me, that was when I was in 6th grade and read...I don't even know how many of these books. At least eight, I think.
This one sticks out in my mind the most because over the course of her ski-related escapades, Nancy taught me something that I still consider really important: how to signal an SOS with a flashlight after you've managed to escape the abandoned cabin in the middle of the woods where The Bad Guys tied you up and left you for dead.
The books are full of her doing awesome stuff like that, by the way. In one book, she gets tied up on an airplane and reaches back into her pocket for her lipstick, which she then uses to write a backwards SOS on the window of the plane (and then closes the blind so the people inside can't see it) In another one, she and her friend Bess get tied up (Nancy spends about 50% of her mystery-solving time getting tied up and stowed away somewhere) and left in a toy warehouse, so they use a scrap of metal to cut the ropes, and then find a chemistry set and use it to make fake smoke so the guys gaurding the door run into the warehouse and then Nancy and her friend get away.
When you're twelve years old, that sounds pretty awesome.
This one sticks out in my mind the most because over the course of her ski-related escapades, Nancy taught me something that I still consider really important: how to signal an SOS with a flashlight after you've managed to escape the abandoned cabin in the middle of the woods where The Bad Guys tied you up and left you for dead.
The books are full of her doing awesome stuff like that, by the way. In one book, she gets tied up on an airplane and reaches back into her pocket for her lipstick, which she then uses to write a backwards SOS on the window of the plane (and then closes the blind so the people inside can't see it) In another one, she and her friend Bess get tied up (Nancy spends about 50% of her mystery-solving time getting tied up and stowed away somewhere) and left in a toy warehouse, so they use a scrap of metal to cut the ropes, and then find a chemistry set and use it to make fake smoke so the guys gaurding the door run into the warehouse and then Nancy and her friend get away.
When you're twelve years old, that sounds pretty awesome.
February 11, 2022
Love Nancy !! I reread one or two a year and I was gifted this one last week !!
February 4, 2021
5 stars & 5/10 hearts. All right!! I really enjoyed this one! Chuck was really nice, and I liked seeing the whole gang together. Horn was a great addition, and I loved the skiing and winter stuff thrown in. Also, the whole thing with Nancy's identity was just interesting. And the climax, oh my! The whole plot was unexpected and pretty cool!
March 29, 2014
Tried to read a Nancy Drew book a few years back and it was all "you can't go home again," but when I was indexing them last week I noticed I had an original and a rewritten volume of The Mystery at the Ski Jump, and I thought it'd be fun to compare the two. I've done that with some Hardy Boys mysteries where the only connection between the original and the rewrite were a few names; the plot had been entirely changed.
In this case, however, they were essentially the same; the rewrite was missing a bit of color and a few quips, and added another award (for skiing) to Nancy's insanely large collection. Both versions send her out on the ice for a partners skating competition that she aces, despite the fact that they invented the performance on the fly, without one rehearsal. *sigh* Although actually I got more irritated with Nancy's perfection as a kid than I do now (I always preferred Trixie Belden).
One thing that interested me is that both versions introduce Bess with the line, "Bess loved sweets and worried little about her weight," and, although she's the one who cries over Nancy's survival once, I didn't notice that Bess was particularly hysterical. Most of the new volumes I got as a kid, Bess worried considerable about her weight, and fell apart right regular, which is one of the reasons I preferred the older ones I'd track down at my grandma's. I guess those changes went through in the early '70's.
Also noticed that the original writer knew more about skiing than whoever did the rewrite; where the original has her pushing off with her poles, the rewritten version has Nancy leaning her poles against a tree and apparently leaving them there before skiing off to do a jump!
But on the whole I enjoyed it -- and was irritated by it -- in pretty much the same ways I was as a kid. So I guess you can go home again, so long as you're in the right mood when you head in that direction!
In this case, however, they were essentially the same; the rewrite was missing a bit of color and a few quips, and added another award (for skiing) to Nancy's insanely large collection. Both versions send her out on the ice for a partners skating competition that she aces, despite the fact that they invented the performance on the fly, without one rehearsal. *sigh* Although actually I got more irritated with Nancy's perfection as a kid than I do now (I always preferred Trixie Belden).
One thing that interested me is that both versions introduce Bess with the line, "Bess loved sweets and worried little about her weight," and, although she's the one who cries over Nancy's survival once, I didn't notice that Bess was particularly hysterical. Most of the new volumes I got as a kid, Bess worried considerable about her weight, and fell apart right regular, which is one of the reasons I preferred the older ones I'd track down at my grandma's. I guess those changes went through in the early '70's.
Also noticed that the original writer knew more about skiing than whoever did the rewrite; where the original has her pushing off with her poles, the rewritten version has Nancy leaning her poles against a tree and apparently leaving them there before skiing off to do a jump!
But on the whole I enjoyed it -- and was irritated by it -- in pretty much the same ways I was as a kid. So I guess you can go home again, so long as you're in the right mood when you head in that direction!
August 15, 2020
She's a skater AND a snow bunny? Who knew Nancy could step right in an ice skating contest and stay up with the professionals? Seriously. Our girl can do it all!
#29 has involvement with Aunt Eloise in New York, and fur trappers in Vermont, and forays into Canada to solve the mysteries in her bucket in this book. She walks away with mink furs to have fashioned into a remembrance, and that 'ol Ned got himself a mounted deer's head for the fraternity hall. And she saved the day with all that was sought found, and the bad guys and gals brought up to account for their crimes.
3 stars! Halfway through. . . .
#29 has involvement with Aunt Eloise in New York, and fur trappers in Vermont, and forays into Canada to solve the mysteries in her bucket in this book. She walks away with mink furs to have fashioned into a remembrance, and that 'ol Ned got himself a mounted deer's head for the fraternity hall. And she saved the day with all that was sought found, and the bad guys and gals brought up to account for their crimes.
3 stars! Halfway through. . . .
October 23, 2023
This book was so fun! I really enjoyed the snowy adventure and all the twists and turns the plot took.
Oh, and Nancy is a good skier and an even better ice skater. Plus, she knows how to exercise in order to avoid hypothermia 😂
What can’t Nancy do?
Oh, and Nancy is a good skier and an even better ice skater. Plus, she knows how to exercise in order to avoid hypothermia 😂
What can’t Nancy do?
May 27, 2025
Not my favorite Nancy. The Mystery deals with stolen mink furs and I didn't like that. Also, Ned wanted to shoot a deer and put its head up at the fraternity. I love you, Ned, but no.
August 9, 2023
The story starts off with Hannah buying a piece of mink for a throwaway price, as well as buying shares. Nancy smells a rat and begins investigating, and soon enough finds that a number of people may have been swindled by a well-dressed couple who claim to work for a mink fur company. Nancy follows the trail to Canada where she catches the culprits as well as take part in a national skating competition!
I rather enjoyed this book. The criminals kept using Nancy's name and she's getting caught by the police each time. Luckily, she didn't get shot or anything and was able to explain herself in a rational manner and the police let her go. It's hilarious. I enjoyed the inclusion of Aunt Eloise, whose presence I rather enjoy when she makes an entrance in these books. Bess, George, and the boys were present; so it was a fun group effort, which I prefer to Nancy going off alone.
The whole premise for the book is so outdated. Mink is banned in many countries nowadays and there is enough shaming of people who otherwise wear such things. In the book, it is presented as just a normal profession and the mink trapper is a good guy. How the times change! Nancy even gets presented with mink fur and Ned with a deer's head. SMH!
Eminently readable!
I rather enjoyed this book. The criminals kept using Nancy's name and she's getting caught by the police each time. Luckily, she didn't get shot or anything and was able to explain herself in a rational manner and the police let her go. It's hilarious. I enjoyed the inclusion of Aunt Eloise, whose presence I rather enjoy when she makes an entrance in these books. Bess, George, and the boys were present; so it was a fun group effort, which I prefer to Nancy going off alone.
The whole premise for the book is so outdated. Mink is banned in many countries nowadays and there is enough shaming of people who otherwise wear such things. In the book, it is presented as just a normal profession and the mink trapper is a good guy. How the times change! Nancy even gets presented with mink fur and Ned with a deer's head. SMH!
Eminently readable!
February 13, 2014
I saw the library added a ton of Nancy Drew e-books, and with the Winter Olympics happening, what better flashback to childhood than the Mystery of the Ski Jump?
First of all, it wasn't about a ski jump at all. That was like two pages of the whole book.
Second, it's so interesting to read a book like this written in the...past. I almost thought about classifying it as historical fiction! I would be so interested to talk to a current pre-teen reading these older versions of Nancy Drew. It probably wouldn't be easy to read quickly with the dated language.
Third, Nancy is still annoying. She knows everything and can do everything. But she's also Just A Girl, so bad things have to happen to her. For instance, early in the book, Nancy reminisces about winning a random slalom ski race. But later on, she hangs out with a ski instructor and demurs that she's not that great at skiing, and she does end up falling on a mogul. In some other scenes, she does a waltz and then the next day, subs in to a skating competition somehow because she could do the waltz on skates (?!). But near the end--she gets overtaken by the baddies and is kidnapped and almost dies!
First of all, it wasn't about a ski jump at all. That was like two pages of the whole book.
Second, it's so interesting to read a book like this written in the...past. I almost thought about classifying it as historical fiction! I would be so interested to talk to a current pre-teen reading these older versions of Nancy Drew. It probably wouldn't be easy to read quickly with the dated language.
Third, Nancy is still annoying. She knows everything and can do everything. But she's also Just A Girl, so bad things have to happen to her. For instance, early in the book, Nancy reminisces about winning a random slalom ski race. But later on, she hangs out with a ski instructor and demurs that she's not that great at skiing, and she does end up falling on a mogul. In some other scenes, she does a waltz and then the next day, subs in to a skating competition somehow because she could do the waltz on skates (?!). But near the end--she gets overtaken by the baddies and is kidnapped and almost dies!
April 7, 2024
reading as an adult for nostalgia but i can’t even look reflectively at the plot because i’m too busy trying to understand how nancy was able to violate every privacy law for ‘clues’ in under 200 pages.
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July 2, 2025Waw quels bangers tout de même (le gène de la bourgeoisie s’échappe quand on ouvre le livre)
August 29, 2018
I would say out of all the Nancy Drew books this one is the most outdated. The mystery revolves around a large amount of women in River Heights and surrounding areas buying stolen fur coats and stock in a fake fur company.
When Nancy travels to the Adirondack Mountains (northern New York) she visits a mink farm and doesnt find anything wrong about the animals being raised and killed for their fur.
Nancy also almost puts her hand into a steel claw trap, something which has been banned for quite some time.
As Nancy is supossed to have the strongest moral compass in the world (girl wont even pass the speed limit while chasing a crook) its very strange to see her okay with the fur industry.
And yes, i know this book was originally written in 1952 when wearing fur was not as scandals but it was rewritten in 1968, several years after the anti-fur movement had gained traction.
The first half of this book is quite good and entertaining but it goes downhill after Nancy returns from Canada. Her trip to Canada and the Adirondacks are too similliar to be two different trips and her return to River Heights feels unnecessary.
When Nancy travels to the Adirondack Mountains (northern New York) she visits a mink farm and doesnt find anything wrong about the animals being raised and killed for their fur.
Nancy also almost puts her hand into a steel claw trap, something which has been banned for quite some time.
As Nancy is supossed to have the strongest moral compass in the world (girl wont even pass the speed limit while chasing a crook) its very strange to see her okay with the fur industry.
And yes, i know this book was originally written in 1952 when wearing fur was not as scandals but it was rewritten in 1968, several years after the anti-fur movement had gained traction.
The first half of this book is quite good and entertaining but it goes downhill after Nancy returns from Canada. Her trip to Canada and the Adirondacks are too similliar to be two different trips and her return to River Heights feels unnecessary.
August 10, 2016
Hypers, I'm definitely George.
This started mostly as nostalgia-reading, but now I'm super interested in the Grosset & Dunlap edits and the feminist politics (and failures) of Nancy Drew.
keywords: mink furs, stolen identity, Aunt Eloise, skiing, Canada, telegrams, near-death Nancy, Mizti Channing
This started mostly as nostalgia-reading, but now I'm super interested in the Grosset & Dunlap edits and the feminist politics (and failures) of Nancy Drew.
keywords: mink furs, stolen identity, Aunt Eloise, skiing, Canada, telegrams, near-death Nancy, Mizti Channing
September 23, 2011
Unique Nancy Drew story, as Nancy chases after a thief and a con artist masquerading as Nancy Drew!
August 4, 2021
In the opening pages of the story, we see Nancy walking home in the middle of a blinding blizzard.
Then, without warning, a car loses control, swerving wildly on the icy road, them slams into the front porch of a house located near the road. It was a near miss for Nancy, but even so, her desire to come to the aid of the occupants of the crashed car overcome her shock at almost being struck herself.
How could a person not love this heroine?
Nancy approaches the car and soon encounters a woman alighting under her own power. And even within the gusts of wind and snow, Nancy can see that she is stylishly dressed. Her name is Mrs. Channing, she informs Nancy in an imperious tone of voice. Nancy suggests that they seek shelter from the storm, and while they head toward the front door, Nancy suddenly remembers that she recognizes this woman as there has been a bit of a buzz about her all-around River Heights…she’s has been offering fine fur coats and stoles at greatly reduced prices. She has also been selling stock in a company named the Forest Fur Company.
As both women reach the door, they are met by a woman who is rather friendly, especially considering the fact that her front porch is quite damaged by the car. The woman knows Nancy and greets her warmly, as she does Mrs. Channing. Once they enter the house, Nancy asks if she can use the telephone, and while she’s making the call, the owner of the house informs Mrs. Channing that Nancy is a private investigator, and her father, Carson Drew is a prominent lawyer in River Heights.
For some reason this seemed to make the woman nervous, and when the woman who owns the house returned with the tea tray, Mrs. Channing had vanished. And after Nancy came back to the living room after her call, she was as surprised to learn of Mrs. Channing’s disappearance.
Concerned that the woman recklessly walked out into the blizzard, they both look out the front door and notice that Mrs. Channing has managed to drive away in the damaged vehicle!
Later, when Nancy returns home, she explains all the happenings to the Drew Family housekeeper, Hannah Gruen and much to Nancy’s surprise, Hannah tells her that she has made a fur purchase from Mrs. Channing, in addition to a $50 investment in Forest Fur. As Nancy listens, she is suspicious about the expensive furs being sold at such dramatically discounted prices, but she keeps her doubts to herself, deciding not to needlessly worry the older woman in the event that the sale was legitimate.
But something is off, Nancy decides, and she’s prompted to action, partly by the fact that Hannah Gruen has invested her own funds in the scheme, and partly out of the curiosity that makes her a first-rate investigator. Her first thought is that the distribution of the fur clothing and the stock offering are sure signs that there must be a whole organization behind Mrs. Channing.
In an effort to learn more about how many sales Mrs. Channing has made, she casually asks Hannah if she knows anyone else who were offered the discounted furs, to which the housekeeper mentions two other women that both she and Nancy know. And after speaking to these two women, Nancy learns that many of their own friends have also purchased furs and invested in the company. Mrs. Channing has covered a lot of ground in River Heights, Nancy learns.
And that’s when the trouble really starts for Nancy, beginning with the strange disappearance of her driver’s license, and then to her being impersonated in the most unfavorable ways.
I love the mysteries where Nancy faces many obstacles in her effort to solve the case, and in this particular story, her path to sleuthing success is fraught with one obstacle after another. I was looking forward to learning how she would work her way around the obstructions that her unseen foes were setting up to trip her up. How would she break through and find the key to what made this shadowy criminal organization tick? I was looking forward to a great Nancy Drew mystery story.
And by the end, I was not disappointed. The pages of this book were filled with amazing moments, and among my favorites were: Nancy’s “cool aunt” Eloise helping her with her investigation, a pet mink escape that causes quite a ruckus in the Drew home, Nancy’s unexpected figure skating performance, and a gregarious and helpful trapper.
Also, of note, Nancy seems to be willing to be a bit more playful and sillier in this story, the best moment came when she arrives home and sneaks up behind Hannah Gruen, then suddenly announces “I’m home!” which gives the housekeeper a bit of a start and a laugh all at the same time.
A top shelf book, which is really saying something considering that this is a first-rate mystery series!
Then, without warning, a car loses control, swerving wildly on the icy road, them slams into the front porch of a house located near the road. It was a near miss for Nancy, but even so, her desire to come to the aid of the occupants of the crashed car overcome her shock at almost being struck herself.
How could a person not love this heroine?
Nancy approaches the car and soon encounters a woman alighting under her own power. And even within the gusts of wind and snow, Nancy can see that she is stylishly dressed. Her name is Mrs. Channing, she informs Nancy in an imperious tone of voice. Nancy suggests that they seek shelter from the storm, and while they head toward the front door, Nancy suddenly remembers that she recognizes this woman as there has been a bit of a buzz about her all-around River Heights…she’s has been offering fine fur coats and stoles at greatly reduced prices. She has also been selling stock in a company named the Forest Fur Company.
As both women reach the door, they are met by a woman who is rather friendly, especially considering the fact that her front porch is quite damaged by the car. The woman knows Nancy and greets her warmly, as she does Mrs. Channing. Once they enter the house, Nancy asks if she can use the telephone, and while she’s making the call, the owner of the house informs Mrs. Channing that Nancy is a private investigator, and her father, Carson Drew is a prominent lawyer in River Heights.
For some reason this seemed to make the woman nervous, and when the woman who owns the house returned with the tea tray, Mrs. Channing had vanished. And after Nancy came back to the living room after her call, she was as surprised to learn of Mrs. Channing’s disappearance.
Concerned that the woman recklessly walked out into the blizzard, they both look out the front door and notice that Mrs. Channing has managed to drive away in the damaged vehicle!
Later, when Nancy returns home, she explains all the happenings to the Drew Family housekeeper, Hannah Gruen and much to Nancy’s surprise, Hannah tells her that she has made a fur purchase from Mrs. Channing, in addition to a $50 investment in Forest Fur. As Nancy listens, she is suspicious about the expensive furs being sold at such dramatically discounted prices, but she keeps her doubts to herself, deciding not to needlessly worry the older woman in the event that the sale was legitimate.
But something is off, Nancy decides, and she’s prompted to action, partly by the fact that Hannah Gruen has invested her own funds in the scheme, and partly out of the curiosity that makes her a first-rate investigator. Her first thought is that the distribution of the fur clothing and the stock offering are sure signs that there must be a whole organization behind Mrs. Channing.
In an effort to learn more about how many sales Mrs. Channing has made, she casually asks Hannah if she knows anyone else who were offered the discounted furs, to which the housekeeper mentions two other women that both she and Nancy know. And after speaking to these two women, Nancy learns that many of their own friends have also purchased furs and invested in the company. Mrs. Channing has covered a lot of ground in River Heights, Nancy learns.
And that’s when the trouble really starts for Nancy, beginning with the strange disappearance of her driver’s license, and then to her being impersonated in the most unfavorable ways.
I love the mysteries where Nancy faces many obstacles in her effort to solve the case, and in this particular story, her path to sleuthing success is fraught with one obstacle after another. I was looking forward to learning how she would work her way around the obstructions that her unseen foes were setting up to trip her up. How would she break through and find the key to what made this shadowy criminal organization tick? I was looking forward to a great Nancy Drew mystery story.
And by the end, I was not disappointed. The pages of this book were filled with amazing moments, and among my favorites were: Nancy’s “cool aunt” Eloise helping her with her investigation, a pet mink escape that causes quite a ruckus in the Drew home, Nancy’s unexpected figure skating performance, and a gregarious and helpful trapper.
Also, of note, Nancy seems to be willing to be a bit more playful and sillier in this story, the best moment came when she arrives home and sneaks up behind Hannah Gruen, then suddenly announces “I’m home!” which gives the housekeeper a bit of a start and a laugh all at the same time.
A top shelf book, which is really saying something considering that this is a first-rate mystery series!
August 11, 2018
Oh boy oh boy oh boy. The ski jump mystery is fun! Not because anything with a ski jump is a big part of the plot, and not exactly because I LIKE the plot . . . It's about the shoplifting and blackmarket selling of mink pelts. I mean honestly, mink is not a desirable commodity anymore. Wearing animal fur as a luxury is an unethical practice. For survival in awful climates, sure, go for it, but with global warming going out of control, I can't imagine many places will require the wearing of fur for human survival. Ugh, humans, what's the deal with humans?!
And furthermore, it was a bogus scheme for the crooks to not only target uninformed women who just wanted to show off a fur neckpiece or whatever, but the crooks ALSO coaxed these women into buying stock for the fake fur company! And it still is common practice these days for bogus companies to target women into investing and then leaving them in the lurch. I'm looking at you, McLeggings and SmellyScents!
Ahem, but anyway, speaking of women, I love this book because I bought a used copy, and the previous owner really heightened my reading experience. When she was reading this book in 1952 or whenever it was, I assume that she was bored and fidgety and was more interested in "art" than in reading. She had a blue ballpoint pen handy, and yes, she did indeed use it! At least a dozen times, she practiced her signature in the margins.
Hey, Alison, where are you now??
Next, Alison designed some wonderful drawings of the daring girl group!
And finally, she attempted a full body drawing, but wasn't pleased with how it was going, so she crossed out the face, and helpfully labelled the thing: "Crappy George."
Cheers, Alison! Thanks for enhancing my reading experience of this dated story!
And furthermore, it was a bogus scheme for the crooks to not only target uninformed women who just wanted to show off a fur neckpiece or whatever, but the crooks ALSO coaxed these women into buying stock for the fake fur company! And it still is common practice these days for bogus companies to target women into investing and then leaving them in the lurch. I'm looking at you, McLeggings and SmellyScents!
Ahem, but anyway, speaking of women, I love this book because I bought a used copy, and the previous owner really heightened my reading experience. When she was reading this book in 1952 or whenever it was, I assume that she was bored and fidgety and was more interested in "art" than in reading. She had a blue ballpoint pen handy, and yes, she did indeed use it! At least a dozen times, she practiced her signature in the margins.
Hey, Alison, where are you now??
Next, Alison designed some wonderful drawings of the daring girl group!
And finally, she attempted a full body drawing, but wasn't pleased with how it was going, so she crossed out the face, and helpfully labelled the thing: "Crappy George."
Cheers, Alison! Thanks for enhancing my reading experience of this dated story!
December 31, 2020
A better than average Nancy Drew, I enjoyed the novelty of it. I recommend it to Drew fans. The skiing sand winter sports made for a more exciting read. I can't help but wonder what they chopped out of the original printing when they revised the ND books in the 60s. I found out I had the original edition in my collection after If read the revised version digitally. There were 20+ pages removed and there was a different ending in the original. I don't know if it's common knowledge that the books in the series was made more politically correct (to 1960s standards) and their length reduced from 200+ pages to 177 (I guess to make them more profitable). I wish there left them alone, in a book of this length 25 pages is a significant loss. How much more could it have first in the cheap pulp paper they were printed on to have kept the original length--in those days I'm guess less than 50¢.
June 9, 2024
The last couple of Nancy Drew books I've read have been busts, so I was really hoping this one would be more enjoyable. Thankfully, it was, although I obviously had to ignore a few things . There was actually a point in this book where I started second-guessing myself in terms of how the mystery played out, which has never happened before, and it was nice to get a new setting with the inclusion of Montreal, although the author gave zero thought to the fact that Montreal is a French-speaking city, which is pretty much par for the course when it comes to the amount of research put into any of these books. 😂 Nonetheless, I enjoyed it!
June 11, 2024
BOOOO!!! What a horrible story lol, I enjoyed almost nothing about this mystery. Too many characters and places and weird mink farms. Yes, mink farms!
The trapper’s mysteriousness was never explained well either, and he did some shady things that would have made for a good reveal at the end.
Also, reading this after reading Brothers Karamazov was literary whiplash, so maybe I’m being extra harsh 😅.
The trapper’s mysteriousness was never explained well either, and he did some shady things that would have made for a good reveal at the end.
Also, reading this after reading Brothers Karamazov was literary whiplash, so maybe I’m being extra harsh 😅.
July 22, 2021
The title is slightly misleading as the main mystery centres around phony shares in a mink fur company. Nancy traces a woman and her henchmen to Canada on the trail of a stock swindle involving selling stolen mink fur. There's some skiing, some skating, a quick kidnap at the end and a side story of a recovered inheritance. Not one of the most coherent.
April 11, 2025
Ah, Nancy. So good she could be a professional skater as well as a really good skier. I'm wondering if this was supposed to inspire us young girls, because I didn't inspire me.
The mystery was fun. You can tell it was written a million years ago as everybody was wearing/buying mink. Nancy nearly died again. Good fun.
The mystery was fun. You can tell it was written a million years ago as everybody was wearing/buying mink. Nancy nearly died again. Good fun.
September 9, 2019
Another fun Nancy Drew read-Nancy always gets her man! This was a fun, easy mystery-exactly what I expect from this series. This is a great read for fans of Nancy Drew, or those who are looking to see what this series is all about-this is a solid example of this series!
January 10, 2020
it’s been a few years, but this book is what I keep thinking about while face planting in snow. I’m already behind on my 2020 goodreads goal (partly because of said faceplanting) so I figured I would use this book to cheat. Nancy wouldn’t approve at all. Sorry, Nancy.
October 6, 2017
The villains are people who sell fraudulent stock, making this not quite the most exciting Nancy Drew mystery.
November 5, 2021
Denna var underhållande från början till slut, riktigt bra mysterium men känner att författaren glömde att knyta ihop vissa trådar i slutet.
December 31, 2023
Nancy Drew's father needs her assistance on a case in Quebec. However, their plans are interrupted when Hannah, Drew's housekeeper, buys stock from a sketchy company. The Drews are concerned, as is Hannah, so Nancy and her friends begin to investigate the Forest Fur organization. Nancy learns that not only are several people swindled, but there are also thefts at several mink farms. Heading to her aunt's cabin, Nancy is constantly at the heels of the thieves but, along the way, has time to enjoy skiing and skating.
Readers should expect a series of clues to follow and chase through the snowy woods. There is also language relative to the time that the books were written.
Overall, it is an enjoyable Nancy Drew book; I enjoyed learning about several skiing techniques.
Readers should expect a series of clues to follow and chase through the snowy woods. There is also language relative to the time that the books were written.
Overall, it is an enjoyable Nancy Drew book; I enjoyed learning about several skiing techniques.
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August 25, 2024Read to my daughter.
December 2, 2025
these are my ultimate comfort books
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