The Billie Bradley Series |
|
|||
There was something in the way the words were spoken that made the girls look more closely at Mrs. Bedoe. The woman's face had grown solemn, almost somber. "Yes," she said, "I'll be glad of company, I will that!" |
|||
|
|||
The Billie Bradley series is a Stratemeyer Syndicate series that was published first by Sully and then by Cupples and Leon from 1920 through 1932. The series was written under the pseudonym of Janet D. Wheeler. According to James Keeline (per a post in the Nancy Drew Sleuths group), the first volume was written by Elizabeth M. Duffield Ward, who wrote the Blythe Girls series. Ward may have written the entire series. |
| ||
|
|||
Formats and Illustrations
Dust Jacket and Book Gallery
#1-2 H. L. Hastings |
|||
|
|||
Overview
Billie Bradley is a teenage girl who lives in North Bend, New York. North Bend is a small city of approximately 20,000 people and is located around 40 miles from New York City. Billie is quite naturally the most popular girl in school. Billie is known to speak her mind, and she is drawn towards people who need help.
Billie's best friends are Laura Jordan and Violet Farrington. Laura is the daughter of Raymond Jordan, who owns a large jewelry factory. Laura is rich and a little spoiled. Violet is more timid, and her father is a lawyer.
Laura's brother, Teddy Jordan, is very fond of Billie, and Billie admires him in return. In addition to Teddy, Billie's brother, Chet, and his friend, Ferd Stowing, always accompany the young people on their many adventures.
The girls attend a boarding school, Three Towers Hall, while the boys attend Boxton Military Academy. Three Towers Hall and Boxton Military Academy are located on the opposite shores of Lake Molata, so the girls and boys are able to visit each other when not in class.
This series is very similar to the Betty Gordon series. It also has much in common with some aspects of the Beverly Gray series. Read my blog posts for my thoughts about the similarities between Billie Bradley and Beverly Gray.
|
|||
|
|||
Building a Set
The Billie Bradley series is scarce. I was fortunate to obtain a complete set all at once, so I cannot state for certain which volumes are the hardest to find. If what I know about other series holds true for this series, then volumes six through nine should be the harder to find volumes, with the final volume not necessarily the hardest one to find. Sometimes the penultimate volume in a series is the hardest one to find. |
|||
|
|||
Back to Main Page |