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The Hardy Boys Casefiles #26
Trouble in the Pipeline
Kickbacks always fall into the wrong hands.
Frank and Joe fly to Alaska to trace Scott Sanders, who's supposed to be working on a top-secret project for a mining firm. When company officials claim they've never heard of Scott, the Hardys grow suspicious. They find that some company managers have been selling jobs on the oil pipeline. But before the brother detectives can dig deeper, they're kidnapped and forced to bail out over the arctic wilderness. Stranded, Frank and Joe face their toughest test -- fighting hunger, grizzly bears, and bullets to survive -- while at trail's end a group called the Assassins waits to give them their final exam.
Frank and Joe fly to Alaska to trace Scott Sanders, who's supposed to be working on a top-secret project for a mining firm. When company officials claim they've never heard of Scott, the Hardys grow suspicious. They find that some company managers have been selling jobs on the oil pipeline. But before the brother detectives can dig deeper, they're kidnapped and forced to bail out over the arctic wilderness. Stranded, Frank and Joe face their toughest test -- fighting hunger, grizzly bears, and bullets to survive -- while at trail's end a group called the Assassins waits to give them their final exam.
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Franklin W. Dixon
734 books991 followersFranklin W. Dixon is the pen name used by a variety of different authors who were part of a team that wrote The Hardy Boys novels for the Stratemeyer Syndicate (now owned by Simon & Schuster). Dixon was also the writer attributed for the Ted Scott Flying Stories series, published by Grosset & Dunlap.
Canadian author Leslie McFarlane is believed to have written the first sixteen Hardy Boys books, but worked to a detailed plot and character outline for each story. The outlines are believed to have originated with Edward Stratemeyer, with later books outlined by his daughters Edna C. Squier and Harriet Stratemeyer Adams. Edward and Harriet also edited all books in the series through the mid-1960s. Other writers of the original books include MacFarlane's wife Amy, John Button, Andrew E. Svenson, and Adams herself; most of the outlines were done by Adams and Svenson. A number of other writers and editors were recruited to revise the outlines and update the texts in line with a more modern sensibility, starting in the late 1950s.
The principal author for the Ted Scott books was John W. Duffield.
Canadian author Leslie McFarlane is believed to have written the first sixteen Hardy Boys books, but worked to a detailed plot and character outline for each story. The outlines are believed to have originated with Edward Stratemeyer, with later books outlined by his daughters Edna C. Squier and Harriet Stratemeyer Adams. Edward and Harriet also edited all books in the series through the mid-1960s. Other writers of the original books include MacFarlane's wife Amy, John Button, Andrew E. Svenson, and Adams herself; most of the outlines were done by Adams and Svenson. A number of other writers and editors were recruited to revise the outlines and update the texts in line with a more modern sensibility, starting in the late 1950s.
The principal author for the Ted Scott books was John W. Duffield.
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December 12, 2011
The Hardy Boys Casefiles were the first books that I couldn't get enough of. In fifth grade I went to my teacher, discouraged by the silly girl books of the time (Babysitter's Club, Saddle Club, any estrogen-based club) and she introduced me to Frank and Joe Hardy. I immediately fell in love! These were not my mother's Hardy Boys either, but rather a tech savvy update for the late eighties and early nineties.
This adventure takes the reader on an adventure in Alaska and the boys' survival skills are put to the test. Fisticuffs ensue, a girl is wooed, friends made and case solved. All in a day's work the boys who fanned the flame of my early love of reading.
This adventure takes the reader on an adventure in Alaska and the boys' survival skills are put to the test. Fisticuffs ensue, a girl is wooed, friends made and case solved. All in a day's work the boys who fanned the flame of my early love of reading.
June 12, 2019
When I first read Hardy Boys, I think I was in class 5, I had such a crush on Frank Hardy. I liked the brainy one over the brawny one and that sums up my first impression of Hardy Boys.
In their late teens, Frank and Joe Hardy take after their detective father Fenton Hardy. Frank is the older of the two and has more breakthroughs in the cases because he is the brainy one. Joe is the younger brother who more often than not is useful when things get hot and they need to fight their way out.
Like Nancy Drew, the books in the The Hardy Boys series re written by ghostwriters under the collective pseudonym Franklin W. Dixon. And yes, the earlier books were better than the latter ones.
In their late teens, Frank and Joe Hardy take after their detective father Fenton Hardy. Frank is the older of the two and has more breakthroughs in the cases because he is the brainy one. Joe is the younger brother who more often than not is useful when things get hot and they need to fight their way out.
Like Nancy Drew, the books in the The Hardy Boys series re written by ghostwriters under the collective pseudonym Franklin W. Dixon. And yes, the earlier books were better than the latter ones.
March 10, 2024
This was first Hardy Boy Casefiles . It was enjoyable even though I was kinda confused . What are the assasins , what is the network , and Iola is dead .Clearly ,I have a lot to catch up on . Unfortunately, My state's library system only has nine of them including this one and they are hard to get elsewhere . Anyway , I love the action and going to read more
December 24, 2024
A nice, quick read.
June 13, 2015
Good action that keeps moving throughout the book, entertaining to read, and a plenty to keep a Hardy Boys fan interested. I like how the brothers work together as a team - then split up, then come back together. It works well.
The setting is one I've always been interested in. There are lots of places in the Alaskan tundra for secret dealings, and that fits well with the story. (Though if the town of Prudhoe was supposed to be the town of Deadhorse in Prudhoe Bay, I had to laugh at the descriptions of at least three hotels, fast food joints, movie theatres, and video arcades...none of which you'll really find in Deadhorse which is little more than an industrial base with only the most basic amenities). It was also a bit confusing on how treeless arctic tundra was interspersed with thick forest a few times, all supposedly on the same latitude.
I like Frank and Joe Hardy, and I liked them here. But even for a young adult novel, the way they meet some of the secondary characters and then with little or no hesitation (and in the case of Virgil, no personal motivation) and then suddenly the secondary characters drop everything and get swept away in the cause...well...it seemed a bit rushed and contrived.
Not that book covers are a judge of the caliber of writing, but they could've done better with this book cover. Frank and Joe look like middle-aged men with saggy jowls instead of young men, and their neat little campsite with grill and frying pan is a bit amusing
And just one gripe about the ending.
This was a fun read and reminded me a lot of the action movies I watched as a kid in the '80s. As long as you don't expect award-winning prose or deep plot/characterization, this is a good, decent story with lots to like.
The setting is one I've always been interested in. There are lots of places in the Alaskan tundra for secret dealings, and that fits well with the story. (Though if the town of Prudhoe was supposed to be the town of Deadhorse in Prudhoe Bay, I had to laugh at the descriptions of at least three hotels, fast food joints, movie theatres, and video arcades...none of which you'll really find in Deadhorse which is little more than an industrial base with only the most basic amenities). It was also a bit confusing on how treeless arctic tundra was interspersed with thick forest a few times, all supposedly on the same latitude.
I like Frank and Joe Hardy, and I liked them here. But even for a young adult novel, the way they meet some of the secondary characters and then with little or no hesitation (and in the case of Virgil, no personal motivation) and then suddenly the secondary characters drop everything and get swept away in the cause...well...it seemed a bit rushed and contrived.
Not that book covers are a judge of the caliber of writing, but they could've done better with this book cover. Frank and Joe look like middle-aged men with saggy jowls instead of young men, and their neat little campsite with grill and frying pan is a bit amusing
And just one gripe about the ending.
This was a fun read and reminded me a lot of the action movies I watched as a kid in the '80s. As long as you don't expect award-winning prose or deep plot/characterization, this is a good, decent story with lots to like.
June 9, 2015
This book was pretty good. Frank and Joe Hardy fly to Alaska to find Scott Sanders. Scott Sanders is a worker down in Alaska who no one has heard from in a long time. They get into some trouble along the way. The Hardy Boys go to where he worked last and asked the boss if he knew Scott Sanders and if he worked there. The boss said that Scott Sanders didn't even work there. They began to grow suspicious about the boss. Joe goes off on his own to find some sort of lead as to where Scott Sanders is. He goes back to where Scott Sanders worked. He meets a suspicious figure named Sandy White. And thats all he remembers. He is trapped inside. And Sandy White is keeping him captive. He doesn't want the Hardy Boys to know anything about Scott Sanders. Will Joe escape? Will they find Scott Sanders? And will he be alive? All these questions will be answered......When you read the book.
March 1, 2013
The Hardy's are a wild goose chase in the Alaskan wilderness trying to find a friend who disappeared. Little do they know that they will run into the Assasins the organization that killed Joe's girlfriend Iola. A conspiracy to blow up the Alaskan oil pipeline will the Hardy's be able to stop it in time and find their friend?
October 26, 2014
I got bored and irritated with Nancy Drew, who is always more interested in cooking, dresses, makeup and waits for some man to do the job. Got to Hardy Boys and wow, what amazing stories. This is how detectives work!!
July 19, 2014
Hardys were more like Dora and Boots. hahahah
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