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The Secret of the Hardy Boys: Leslie McFarlane and the Stratemeyer Syndicate tells how a newspaper reporter who dreamed of novel writing introduced the world to Joe and Frank Hardy, the most famous characters in children’s literature. McFarlane, known as Franklin W. Dixon, wrote twenty of the first twenty-four Hardy Boys mysteries for a modest fee and kept his authorship a secret, even from his own children. The book examines the role of the Stratemeyer Syndicate in shaping American detective and mystery stories for young readers and the development of children’s literature in North America.
First publish date: 2004
Genre: History/Modern History
Authors: Marilyn S. Greenwald
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