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Charles Leslie McFarlane (October 25, 1902 – September 6, 1977) [1] was a Canadian journalist, novelist, screenwriter, and filmmaker, who is most famous for ghostwriting many of the early books in the very successful Hardy Boys series, using the pseudonym Franklin W. Dixon.
Edward Stratemeyer, creator of the Hardy Boys and founder of the Stratemeyer Syndicate. Each volume is penned by a ghostwriter under the pseudonym Franklin W. Dixon. [22] In accordance with the customs of Stratemeyer Syndicate series production, ghostwriters for the Syndicate signed contracts that have sometimes been interpreted as requiring authors to sign away all rights to authorship or ...
The Melted Coins is Volume 23 in the original The Hardy Boys Mystery Stories published by Grosset & Dunlap. This book was written for the Stratemeyer Syndicate by Leslie McFarlane in 1944. [ 1 ] Between 1959 and 1973 the first 38 volumes of this series were systematically revised as part of a project directed by Harriet Adams, Edward ...
This book is one of the "Original 10", some of the best examples of the Hardy Boys, and Stratemeyer Syndicate, writing. This book was written by Leslie McFarlane in 1927 for the Stratemeyer Syndicate, who published it under the pseudonym Franklin W. Dixon. [2]
The two-volume Ultra-Thriller series is a short-lived Hardy Boys spin-off that joined boy inventor Tom Swift with the crime-solving Hardy Boys, Frank and Joe. Although the Franklin W. Dixon pseudonym was used, the series was more akin to the then-current Tom Swift IV series and listed in the Tom Swift books as part of that series.
The book was also adapted in 1977 as the episode "The Flickering Torch Mystery" for the 1977 Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries TV series. The story was completely re-written, involving the Hardys' search for a missing sound engineer in an investigation that uncovers a plot to kill rock star Tony Eagle (played by Ricky Nelson). Unfortunately, they ...
At first the case is being worked on by Fenton Hardy but when he becomes injured he invites his sons Frank and Joe to join him. After overcoming many obstacles the Hardy boys recover the stolen gold and turn the outlaws over to the Sheriff. This book was written for the Stratemeyer Syndicate by Leslie McFarlane in 1928. [2]
The Great Airport Mystery is Volume 9 in the original The Hardy Boys series of mystery books for children and teens published by Grosset & Dunlap. [1]This book was written for the Stratemeyer Syndicate by Leslie McFarlane in 1930. [2]