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The Adventure Girls
''The Adventure Girls'' was a three-book series written by Clair Blank, author of the Beverly Gray stories. A trilogy by default, The Adventure Girls series was published by A. L. Burt in 1936 and never continued. All works were copyrighted on April 27, 1936, the same day as ''Beverly Gray on a World Cruise''. Although a fourth work was advertised at the end of the third, it was never published; where the Beverly Gray series survived and prospered following the publication of its four part "breeder set," The Adventure Girls series was unable to catch on. Purchased by Saalfield Publishing, Saalfield in 1937, the series was entirely shelved until being reissued in the fall of 1942. None of the books had their copyright Copyright renewal, renewed, and all have thus passed into the public domain. Structurally and stylistically, The Adventure Girls books are extremely similar to the Beverly Gray series for which Blank is better known. Each series follows a large cast of central charac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clair Blank
Clarissa Mabel Blank (August 5, 1915August 15, 1965) was an American author. She wrote the ''Beverly Gray'' mystery series and four other novels. Biography Clarissa Mabel Blank was born on August 5, 1915 in Allentown, Pennsylvania to Bessie and Edgar H. Blank. Her father worked as a loom fixer at a silk mill before finding employment at a clothing plant in Germantown, Philadelphia, Germantown; in 1920, 1930 and 1940, his occupation was listed as a "knitter"."United States Census, 1920," database with images, ''FamilySearch''Household of Edgar H Blank: accessed January 28, 2016), Allentown Ward 2, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States; citing sheet 12A, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,821,588."United States Census, 1930", database with images, ''FamilySearch''Household of Edgar Blank: accessed January 28, 2016), Philadelphia Ward 42, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; citing sheet 45A, NARA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
