Carol Billman: The Secret of the Stratemeyer Syndicate
All about Edward Stratemeyer and his empire.
Betsy Caprio: The Mystery of Nancy Drew
A must for all Nancy fanatics!
Tony Carpentieri: Frank and Joe Turn Blue
A guide to PC Hardy Boys editions.
Tony Carpentieri & Paul Mular: Hardy & Hardy Investigations
A guide to all Hardy Boys editions.
Laurie A. Clarke: Clarke's Guide to the Judy Bolton Mysteries by Margaret Sutton
Laurie A. Clarke, No. 902, 1200 23'rd. Street NW, Washington, DC 20037
Robert L. Crawford: The Lost Hardys - A Concordance
Recently revised. Plot outlines, commentary and reference to the Hardy Boys.
John T. Dizer: Tom Swift & Company
Series books elder statesman writes about his favorite topic.
Carolyn Stewart Dyer; Romalov, Nancy Tillman (Ed.): Rediscovering Nancy Drew
University of Iowa Press July 1995
Kate Emburg: The Girl's Series Companion
Listings and descriptions of most girls series books.
David Farah: Farah's Guide
A guide to Nancy Drew editions. Updated regularly.
Series Books and the Media, or This Isn't All: An Annotated Bibliography of Secondary Sources
by David Farah and Ilana Nash. Publisher: SynSine Press, Rheem Valley, CA
Philip Jose Farmer: Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life
Fanciful psuedo-biography of the Man Of Bronze.
Ralph D. Gardner: Horatio Alger or The American Hero Era
Nice biography of Horatio Alger. Includes 1st edition guide.
Roger Garis: My Father Was Uncle Wiggly
About the fabulous writing Garis family.
Tony Goodstone: The Pulps
Color cover repros, commentary, and pulp story reprints.
Ron Goulart: An Informal History Of The Pulp Magazine
Ron Goulart: The Dime Detectives
Detectives in the pulps.
Charles Heffelfinger: The Bayport Companion - 3rd edition
7011 18th Street, Tampa, FL 33610
A guide to dust jacketed Hardy Boys editions.
Howard Hopkins: The Gray Nemesis
Articles and more about Richard Benson - The Avenger.
Mr. Hopkins has also written/published several other pulp related magazines.
Harry K. Hudson: A Bibliography of Hard-Cover Boys Books
The groundbreaking grand-daddy of them all!
Larry Jacobs: Big Little Books A Collector's Reference & Value Guide
Diedre Johnson: Stratemeyer Pseudonyms & Series Books
Required reference for all serious Stratemeyer researchers.
Diedre Johnson: Edward Stratemeyer and the Stratemeyer Syndicate
Required reading for all serious Stratemeyer researchers.
E. Christian Mattson & Thomas B. Davis: The Collector's Guide to Hardcover Boys Series Books:
Contact: E. Christian Mattson, Antiquarian Bookseller, Four Turtlerock Court, Baltimore, MD 21234
Herbert R. Mayes: Alger A Biography Without A Hero
The scarcest Alger biography. Generally discredited but interesting anyway.
Bobbie Ann Mason: Girl Sleuth : On the Trail of Nancy Drew, Judy Bolton and Cherry Ames
Univ. Georgia Press May 1995
Leslie McFarlane: The Ghost of the Hardy Boys
Very enjoyable autobiography by the author of the first 20 or so Hardy Boys.
Victor Neuberg: Popular Press Companion To Popular Literature
Karen Plunkett-Powell: The Nancy Drew Scrapbook
Well done & enjoyable. For all Nancy Drew fans - articles, photos, lists. - St. Martin's Press, $10.95
Arthur Prager: Rascals At Large
Humorous recollections from an old time series book fan.
Quentin Reynolds: The Fiction Factory or From Pulp Row To Quality Street
All about the legendary Street & Smith publishing house.
John Tebble: From Rags To Riches - Alger and The American Dream
Flawed but enjoyable biography of Horatio Alger
Sharla Scannell Whalen: The Betsy-Tacy Companion: a Biography of Maud Hart Lovelace
Publisher: Portalington Press, PO Box 695, Whitehall, PA 18052-0695
Larry Widen & Chris Miracle: Doc Savage Arch Enemy Of Evil
A must for any Doc fan. Articles and reproductions of all pulp & PB covers.
Girls Series Books: A Checklist of Titles Published 1840 - 1991:
by Childrens Literature Research Collections, The University of Minnesota Library. Contact: Karen Nelson Hoyle, Curator, Childrens Literature Research Collections, 109 Walter Library, The University of Minnesota, 117 Pleasant Street SE Minneapolis, MN 55455.
American Boys Series Books: 1900 to 1980
by University of South Florida Associates. Contact: the University of South Florida Library, Special Collections, Tampa, FL 33620.
A large amount of this is accessable at: www.lib.usf.edu/spccoll/
Dime Novel Round-Up
A magazine devoted to the collecting, preservatation and study of old-time dime and nickel novels, popular story papers, series books and pulp magazines.
P.O. Box 226 - Dundas, MN 55019
The Mystery & Adventure Series Review
Covers all types of series books. $14 for 4 issues. Back issues available.
Rick Brant fans may still be able to buy a reprint of "The Deadly Dutchman" for $8.00 (!)
Fred Woodworth - P.O. Box 3488 - Tucson, AZ 85722
Newsboy (Official publication of the Horatio Alger Society)
Articles about Alger and other series book topics and authors
P.O. Box 70361 - Richmond, VA 23255
The Whispered Watchword (Official publication of the Phantom Friends)
Mainly covers girls series books, esp. Judy Bolton
Kate Emburg 4100 Cornelia Way - N. Highlands, CA 95660
Susabella Passengers and Friends
Covers a variety of series book topics, esp. Beverly Gray
Garrett K. Lothe 80 Ocean Pines Lane - Pebble Beach, CA 92953
Newsgroups dedicated to pulp fiction:
alt.fan.doc-savage; alt.pulp
Newsgroups dedicated to juvenile literature:
alt.books.nancy-drew; rec.arts.books.childrens
AOL has bulletin boards which have folders dedicated to children's books.