Hardy Boys

Posted by Fivecard on September 30, 2010 at 6:25am
For Effie P. :-)

The Hardy Boys, Frank and Joe Hardy, are fictitous teenage brothers and amateur detectives who appear in various mystery series for teens. The characters were created by Edward Stratemeyer, the founder of the Stratemeyer Syndicate, a book-packaging firm, and the books have been written by many different ghostwriters over the years. The books are published under the collective pseudonym Franklin W. Dixon.

The Hardy Boys have evolved in various ways since their first appearance in 1927. Beginning in 1959, the books were extensively revised, largely to eliminate racist stereotypes. The books were also written in a simpler style in an attempt to compete with television. Some critics argue that in the process the Hardy Boys changed, becoming more respectful of the law and simultaneously more affluent, "agents of the adult ruling class"[1] rather than characters who aided the poor. A new Hardy Boys series, the Hardy Boys Casefiles, was created in the 1980s, and featured murders, violence, and international espionage. The original Hardy Boys Mystery Stories series ended in 2005. A new series, Undercover Brothers, was launched the same year, featuring updated versions of the characters who narrate their adventures in the first person.





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  • Anson (Bob) Roberts January 31, 2015 at 6:26pm

    BUMP

    My Hardy Boys, as well as Nancy Drew, Encyclopedia Brown and others are all now located on my Adrive account:

    THE KIDS

    Password NancyLuvsJoe

    • Robin Braid > Anson (Bob) Roberts September 15, 2021 at 1:29pm

      I know I'm late to the party on this one, but thank you. You've got some great stuff here.

  • Fivecard August 25, 2011 at 9:59pm

    Here are PDF files of all the Hardy Boys books, just in case any one wants to read them.

    The first file is the Hardy Boys Books 1-58 What is usually called the original (though revised books)

    The 2nd file is the Hardy Boys Digest 59-187 They are newer books, however they did attempt to keep to the style of the originals

    These files may or may not contain the complete sets

    http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9SJV0EFI

     

    http://www.megaupload.com/?d=98Y78VHC

     

  • Anson (Bob) Roberts October 25, 2010 at 12:11am
    I've finally posted all my hardy Boys to my server. (Actually it slipped my mind ...)

    http://www.otrrepository.com/Requests/ Hardy Boys

    Enjoy.
    • Fivecard > Anson (Bob) Roberts July 8, 2011 at 9:02pm

      Bob is your server down? I missed getting the files and would like to get them. Every time I try to open it, it says file not found

       

    • Ron Larocque > Anson (Bob) Roberts October 31, 2010 at 10:31pm
      Bob thanks so much. I am enjoying a Hardy Boys adventure each night..... and loving it as Maxwell Smart used to say! - Ron L.
    • Ron Larocque > Anson (Bob) Roberts October 25, 2010 at 3:51am
      Awesome stuff Bob! Love listening to these! Pure escape back to age of innocence when I used get to spend the change from my dads 'cigs' and buy a comic book!(Didn't need a note to buy the smokes either!)-Ron L.THANK YOU!
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