Wirt, Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine) 1905-2002

Overview

Works:	135 works in 246 publications in 1 language and 9,245 library holdings
Genres:	Fiction Detective and mystery fiction Juvenile works Adventure stories Action and adventure fiction Ghost stories Biographies Interviews
Roles:	Author
Classifications:	PZ7.K23, FIC

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Mildred A Wirt

Rediscovering Nancy Drew by Carolyn Stewart Dyer( )
Girl sleuth : Nancy Drew and the women who created her by Melanie Rehak( Book )
Missing Millie Benson : the secret case of the Nancy Drew ghostwriter and journalist by Julie Rubini( )
The secret of the Stratemeyer Syndicate : Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, and the million dollar fiction factory by Carol Billman( Book )
The mysterious case of Nancy Drew & the Hardy boys by Carole Kismaric( Book )

The Nancy Drew scrapbook by Karen Plunkett-Powell( Book )
The mystery of Nancy Drew : girl sleuth on the couch by Betsy Caprio( Book )
Farah's guide by David Farah( Book )
Biography today. profiles of people of interest to young readers( Book )
Biography today. profiles of people of interest to young readers( )
Girl sleuth : Nancy Drew and the women who created her by Melanie Rehak( Recording )
Farah's price guide to Nancy Drew books and collectibles by David Farah( Book )
The storied life of Millie Benson( Visual )
Altering the most subversive fictional girl detective : Nancy Drew in the 1930s by Rebecca Ann Husman( )
Mildred Wirt Benson collection by Mildred A Wirt( Visual )
John T. Dizer papers by John T Dizer( )
Gender in popular culture : feminist implications in the Nancy Drew series by Lisa J Dettmann( )
Discovering the hidden world of the Nancy Drew series : an annotated bibliography by Kelly L Loucy( )
Nancy Drew : so sly, she never dies. The reinvention of a young adult series character to evolve with the times by Jody Corbett( )
Nancy Drew collection by Nancy Drew Conference( )

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Most widely held works by Mildred A Wirt

The mystery at Lilac Inn by Carolyn Keene( Book )

1 edition published in 1994 in English and held by 303 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Teenage detective Nancy Drew finds herself in danger when she sets out to track a jewel thief

The secret of Shadow Ranch by Carolyn Keene( Book )

4 editions published between 1932 and 1994 in English and held by 265 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

While staying at a ranch in Arizona, Nancy Drew becomes involved in a mystery surrounding a mistreated child

Behind the green door by Mildred A Wirt( )

5 editions published between 1940 and 2010 in English and held by 97 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Clue of the silken ladder by Mildred A Wirt( )

3 editions published between 1941 and 2010 in English and held by 80 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Saboteurs on the river by Mildred A Wirt( )

3 editions published between 1943 and 2011 in English and held by 80 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Danger at the drawbridge by Mildred A Wirt( )

4 editions published between 1940 and 2011 in English and held by 78 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Ghost beyond the gate by Mildred A Wirt( )

3 editions published between 1943 and 2010 in English and held by 76 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Voice from the cave by Mildred A Wirt( )

4 editions published between 1944 and 2011 in English and held by 76 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Hoofbeats on the turnpike by Mildred A Wirt( )

3 editions published between 1944 and 2010 in English and held by 75 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Signal in the dark by Mildred A Wirt( )

3 editions published between 1946 and 2011 in English and held by 73 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Guilt of the brass thieves by Mildred A Wirt( )

4 editions published between 1945 and 2011 in English and held by 73 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Penny Parker starred in a series of 17 books written by Mildred A. Wirt Benson and published from 1939 through 1947. Penny was a high school sleuth who also occasionally moonlighted as a reporter for her father's newspaper. Benson favored Penny Parker over all the other books she wrote, including Nancy Drew. Her obituary quoted her as saying, "I always thought Penny Parker was a better Nancy Drew than Nancy is," Mrs. Benson said in 1993"--Amazon

The Brownie Scouts in the circus by Mildred A Wirt( Book )

2 editions published in 1949 in English and held by 46 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The clock strikes thirteen by Mildred A Wirt( Book )

6 editions published between 1942 and 2017 in English and held by 43 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Penny investigates hooded riders who are terrorizing farmers at night. Meanwhile, a man makes a generous donation to the Riverview orphan's camp, but Penny suspects that he is somehow trying to cheat the orphans

The Brownie Scouts at Snow Valley by Mildred A Wirt( Book )

2 editions published in 1949 in English and held by 41 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Brownies travel to Snow Valley in Minnesota during their Christmas vacation where they end up hunting for a missing locket

The Brownie Scouts at Windmill Farm by Mildred A Wirt( Book )

3 editions published in 1953 in English and held by 38 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Brownie Scouts help with the annual tulip show and become ensnared in a mystery involving bulbs shipped from Holland

The vanishing houseboat by Mildred A Wirt( Book )

3 editions published between 1939 and 1958 in English and held by 35 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Penny becomes acquainted with Mud-Cat Joe and his family who are homeless ever since their houseboat was stolen

The secret pact by Mildred A Wirt( Book )

4 editions published between 1941 and 2010 in English and held by 35 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Penny Parker megapack : 15 complete novels by Mildred A Wirt( )

in English and held by 33 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This volume assembled 15 complete novels by Mildred A. Wirt (writing as Mildred Benson). A rival to the Nancy Drew series (and created by one of the primary Nancy Drew writers), Penny is a plucky girl reporter whose nose for trouble always leads to a new mystery

The Brownie Scouts in the cherry festival by Mildred A Wirt( Book )

2 editions published in 1950 in English and held by 32 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Dan Carter, Cub Scout by Mildred A Wirt( Book )

2 editions published in 1949 in English and held by 31 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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