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When a door‑to‑door leather‑goods salesman steals a key to their detective father’s file cabinet, brothers Frank and Joe Hardy pursue him. The key’s odd mark draws them to an Indian village whose chief asks for help after two strangers claim the tribe’s property. A hidden deed, buried by the chief’s father, contains the land’s ownership and other tribal treasures. The only clue to its location is a crisscross shadow visible under an October full moon. The Hardy brothers must recover the deed, thwart the salesman’s scheme, and assist their father with a top‑secret U.S. government case.
First publish date: 1953
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Franklin W. Dixon
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