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The Original Adventures of Frank & Joe Hardy MEGAPACK®: The First 8 Books
This volume collects the first 8 novels in the original Hardy Boys series, before it was rewritten and dumbed down in the 1950s for a sanitized TV-raised audience. These adventures, first published in the late 1920s, feature rougher, tougher versions of Frank and Joe Hardy, willing to take chances -- and pay the price -- to solve mysteries. So if you think you know these books based on later versions, you're going to be in for a very pleasant they're better.
Included
The Tower Treasure
The House on the Cliff
The Secret of the Old Mill
The Missing Chums
Hunting for Hidden Gold
The Shore Road Mystery
The Secret of the Caves
The Mystery of Cabin Island
If you enjoy this volume in our best-selling MEGAPACK® series, check out the 400+ other volumes covering everything from mysteries to westerns to science fiction to romance...and much, much more! Accept no substitutes. Search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press MEGAPACK" to see the complete list of available titles.
Included
The Tower Treasure
The House on the Cliff
The Secret of the Old Mill
The Missing Chums
Hunting for Hidden Gold
The Shore Road Mystery
The Secret of the Caves
The Mystery of Cabin Island
If you enjoy this volume in our best-selling MEGAPACK® series, check out the 400+ other volumes covering everything from mysteries to westerns to science fiction to romance...and much, much more! Accept no substitutes. Search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press MEGAPACK" to see the complete list of available titles.
1257 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 13, 2025
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About the author
Franklin W. Dixon
733 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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July 15, 2025
Nice read
While I read some Hardy Boys books in my youth ( 45 + years ago ) I enjoyed these book. I had forgotten most of the Hardy Boys books I've read. I can see why I enjoyed them as a child. They are over the top at times as I read them as an adult. As a 10 - 12 year old I would have thought the Hardy Boys were the best.
For 99 cents worth the read.
While I read some Hardy Boys books in my youth ( 45 + years ago ) I enjoyed these book. I had forgotten most of the Hardy Boys books I've read. I can see why I enjoyed them as a child. They are over the top at times as I read them as an adult. As a 10 - 12 year old I would have thought the Hardy Boys were the best.
For 99 cents worth the read.
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