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'''''The Message in the Hollow Oak''''' is the twelfth volume in the [[Nancy Drew Mystery Stories]] series. It was written under the pseudonym [[Carolyn Keene]] and first published in 1935.
'''''The Message in the Hollow Oak''''' is the twelfth volume in the [[Nancy Drew Mystery Stories]] series. It was written under the pseudonym [[Carolyn Keene]] and first published in 1935.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rehak |first1=Melanie |title=Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her |date=2006 |publisher=Harcourt |isbn=9780156030564 |page=177}}</ref>


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==Plot summary &ndash; 1935 edition==
==Front Flyleaf==


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Nancy Drew finds out that she has won a rather unusual prize in a contest, a piece of land in Canada. She takes a trip, her first outside of the United States,<ref>http://www.nancydrewsleuth.com/PRESSKIT-Factoids.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref> to see what her new property looks like.
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==Plot summary - 1935 edition==


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As she is traveling by train to Canada, she meets an author named Ann Chapelle. Suddenly, the train crashes, and everything is thrown into confusion. Nancy and her two friends, Bess Marvin and George Fayne, are uninjured, but Chapelle is taken to a nearby hospital, gravely injured. When Nancy and her friends find her, Miss Chapelle tells Nancy the reason she was going to Canada, and asks a favor of her—to give a message to Miss Chapelle's grandfather, and to a lost love whom she hasn't seen since she ran away from home some years ago.
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Nancy Drew finds out that she has won a rather unusual prize in a contest, a piece of land in [[Canada]]. She takes a trip, her first outside of the United States<ref>http://www.nancydrewsleuth.com/PRESSKIT-Factoids.pdf</ref>, to see what her new property looks like.

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As she is traveling by train to Canada, she meets an authoress named Ann Chapelle who is also traveling to Canada. Suddenly, the train crashes, and everything is thrown into confusion. Nancy and her two friends, Bess Marvin and George Fayne, are alright, but the authoress that Nancy talked to is in a nearby hospital, gravely injured. When they find her, Miss Chapelle tells Nancy the reason she was going to Canada, and asks a favor of her - to give a message to Miss Chapelle's grandfather, and to a lost love whom she hasn't seen since she ran away from home some years ago.


Along with this request, Nancy also has another problem: Two men have heard that there might be gold on Nancy's land, and are determined to get there first.
Along with this request, Nancy also has another problem: Two men have heard that there might be gold on Nancy's land, and are determined to get there first.
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==1972 revision==
==1972 revision==


New York City detectives can't find a clue to a missionary's fortune, which is hidden in a hollow oak tree. Nancy goes to a burial site in Illinois that is connected to the mystery.
New York City detectives can't find a clue to a missionary's fortune, which is hidden in a hollow oak tree. Nancy goes to a burial site in Illinois that is connected to the mystery. She joins a college archeological dig and stays on site, in Illinois, near East Saint Louis. Criticisms include the unlikely scenario of allowing Nancy such access and activity on the dig since she is not enrolled in college and would not have skills or knowledge of the topic prior to her arrival.


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}

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Latest revision as of 13:49, 21 August 2024

The Message in the Hollow Oak
Original edition cover
AuthorCarolyn Keene
IllustratorRussell H. Tandy
LanguageEnglish
SeriesNancy Drew Mystery Stories
GenreJuvenile literature
PublisherGrosset & Dunlap
Publication date
1935, 1972
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
Preceded byThe Clue of the Broken Locket 
Followed byThe Mystery of the Ivory Charm 

The Message in the Hollow Oak is the twelfth volume in the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories series. It was written under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene and first published in 1935.[1]

Plot summary – 1935 edition

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Nancy Drew finds out that she has won a rather unusual prize in a contest, a piece of land in Canada. She takes a trip, her first outside of the United States,[2] to see what her new property looks like.

As she is traveling by train to Canada, she meets an author named Ann Chapelle. Suddenly, the train crashes, and everything is thrown into confusion. Nancy and her two friends, Bess Marvin and George Fayne, are uninjured, but Chapelle is taken to a nearby hospital, gravely injured. When Nancy and her friends find her, Miss Chapelle tells Nancy the reason she was going to Canada, and asks a favor of her—to give a message to Miss Chapelle's grandfather, and to a lost love whom she hasn't seen since she ran away from home some years ago.

Along with this request, Nancy also has another problem: Two men have heard that there might be gold on Nancy's land, and are determined to get there first.

1972 revision

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New York City detectives can't find a clue to a missionary's fortune, which is hidden in a hollow oak tree. Nancy goes to a burial site in Illinois that is connected to the mystery. She joins a college archeological dig and stays on site, in Illinois, near East Saint Louis. Criticisms include the unlikely scenario of allowing Nancy such access and activity on the dig since she is not enrolled in college and would not have skills or knowledge of the topic prior to her arrival.

References

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  1. ^ Rehak, Melanie (2006). Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her. Harcourt. p. 177. ISBN 9780156030564.
  2. ^ http://www.nancydrewsleuth.com/PRESSKIT-Factoids.pdf [bare URL PDF]
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