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The Hardy brothers embark on a freighter trip under mysterious circumstances and find themselves involved with a smuggling ring.Tags
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This was a solid Hardy Boys mystery, at least from the perspective of a thirtysomething. I particularly enjoyed all of the scenes set on boats. It's occasionally nutty but disbelief can still remain suspended.
When eccentric Thaddeus McClintock invites Frank and Joe Hardy to accompany him on a sea voyage, the teenage investigators become entangled in a web of mystery. Who is trying to block the three from securing reservation on freighter ships that carry passengers? The determined efforts of Frank and Joe lead to a hazardous game of wits with a ring of slippery smugglers and to a dramatic confrontation on the high seas.
I absolutely loved Nancy Drew growing up. This was a series I latched on to for dear life and never let go. So after my obsession with Nancy Drew started to dwindle (mostly because I had read all the ones I could get my hands on), I moved on to The Hardy Boys because that was the natural next step, duh. Love the Hardy Boys (though they weren't quite as amazing and Nancy Drew and her friends).
I loved this book because it featured travel and science. And I also enjoyed learning that their is a "little" Chet Morton in everyone.
Hardy Boys Mystery #26
Near fine condition, original cover
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Franklin W. Dixon Franklin W. Dixon is actually a pseudonym for any number of ghostwriters who have had the distinction of writing stories for the Hardy Boys series. The series was originally created by Edward Stratmeyer in 1926, the same mastermind of the Nancy Drew detective series, Tom Swift, the Rover Boys and other characters. While show more Stratmeyer created the outlines for the original series, it was Canadian writer Leslie McFarlane who breathed life to the stories and created the persona Franklin W. Dixon. McFarlane wrote for the series for over twenty years and is credited with success of the early collection of stories. As the series became more popular, it was pared down, the format changed and new ghostwriters added their own flavor to the stories. Part of the draw of the Hardy Boys is that as the authors changed, so to did the times and the story lines. While there is no one true author of the series, each ghostwriter can be given credit for enhancing the life of this series and never unveiling that there really is no Franklin W. Dixon. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- The Phantom Freighter
- Original publication date
- 1947; 1970 (revised) (revised)
- First words
- "What a strange letter!" exclaimed Frank hardy.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"No! A freighterful of food!"
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- Reviews
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- Languages
- Dutch, English, Italian, Norwegian (Bokmål)
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 10
- ASINs
- 20