"This book follows the development of the Hardy Boys series through 1979. Includes the writing of Stratemeyer and McFarlane; the Cold War and the disco age; race, class, gender; family values; law and order; and action rather than violence. Appendices provide a bibliography of Hardy Boys books, opening lines from 20 novels, and selected "Hardyisms.""--Provided by publisher.

Much has been written about the girl sleuth in fiction, a feminist figure embodying all the potential wit and drive of girlhood. Her male counterpart, however, has received much less critical attention despite his popularity in the wider culture. This collection of 11 essays examines the boy detective and his genre from a number of critical perspectives, addressing the issues of these young characters, heirs to the patriarchy yet still concerned with first crushes and soda shop romances. Series explored include the Hardy Boys, Tow Swift, the Three Investigators, Christopher Cool and Tim Murphy, as well as works by Astrid Lindgren, Mark Haddon and Joe Meno.

A thrilling amusement park ride turns diabolically deadly in this Hardy Brothers adventure—a fresh approach to a classic series. Joe and Frank Hardy are attending the season’s opening night at Funspot, a local amusement park that’s been declining for years, but that recently got new owners and a facelift. Their friend Daisy’s family has everything riding on Funspot’s success: If the revamped park is a failure, her family will be broke! At first, an exhilarating new attraction is a huge hit—but when one of the riders disappears into thin air, fun and games turns into spine-tingling danger. Will the Hardy Brothers find the missing rider and restore Funspot’s reputation, or is the amusement park doomed for disaster?

Frank and Joe find themselves on an uninhabited Caribbean island when they follow clues left by a gang of platinum thieves

"The tower treasure" by Franklin W. Dixon. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Much has been written about the girl sleuth in fiction, a feminist figure embodying all the potential wit and drive of girlhood. Her male counterpart, however, has received much less critical attention despite his popularity in the wider culture. This collection of 11 essays examines the boy detective and his genre from a number of critical perspectives, addressing the issues of these young characters, heirs to the patriarchy yet still concerned with first crushes and soda shop romances. Series explored include the Hardy Boys, Tow Swift, the Three Investigators, Christopher Cool and Tim Murphy, as well as works by Astrid Lindgren, Mark Haddon and Joe Meno.

Together in this one book are two of the Hardy Boys’ oldest mysteries that began the classic mystery series of the sleuthing siblings. In The Tower Treasure, the Hardy boys' summer is ruined by a red-haired robber striking all over town. No robbery is more devastating than of Tower Mansion, home to one of the wealthiest families around. To prove the mansion’s caretaker is innocent, the Hardy boys will have to solve the mystery of the stolen jewels before time runs out. In The House on the Cliff, Frank and Joe are asked to help out their famous private detective father on his latest drug smuggling case, which sends them to an old house on a cliff to serve as lookouts. But when cries for help lure the boys inside the house, they realize they could be in more danger than they thought.

Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys go to Rockapazooma to solve a crime.

The search for a missing boat leads Frank and Joe, the Hardy boys, down to Mexico where they encounter a tribe of Indians.

Frank and Joe have to find who the terrorists are because their lives are in danger.