The Hardy Boys' Guide to Life [Hardcover]

Franklin W. Dixon (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 2002 | Series: The Hardy Boys

If you are a fellow who thirsts for action and adventure, or you know someone who seeks thrills and mysteries, then you can learn a lot from Joe and Frank Hardy. Why? Because the Hardy boys know what it's like to be in the heart of the action, and they always manage to find a way out of the stickiest of jams.

In "The Hardy Boys' Guide to Life" you'll find tips from one of the greatest sleuthing teams of all time -- on everything from deep-sea diving to dating -- to help you navigate through those murky spots in life. Need to know how to cry on the spot? Want a quick lesson in botany? What's the best disguise for a certain situation? Answers to all these questions (and a whole lot more!) are waiting for you with the turn of a page.

Joe and Frank Hardy still know how to solve mysteries and live life to the fullest. Join them as they guide you to a swell life filled with sleuthing, skulduggery, and good, old-fashioned fun!

Product Details

• Hardcover: 48 pages
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing; Library edition edition (October 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0689855419
• ISBN-13: 978-0689855412
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 6.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,625,037 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Franklin W. Dixon is the pen name used by a variety of different authors (Leslie McFarlane, a Canadian author being the first) who wrote The Hardy Boys novels.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Fun Book For Hardy Boys Fans, May 11, 2003

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HardyBoys.us (Long Island USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Hardy Boys' Guide to Life (Hardcover)

Similar in content to The Nancy Drew Guide To Life, this book outdoes it both in size and quality. Oddly enough, although this is a picture cover (PC) book, it comes with a dustjacket bearing art identical to the cover! This short (less than 50 pages), inexpensive volume is illustrated with color reproductions of various original series covers and some black and white frontispiece illustrations. Divided into 7 chapters, The Hardy Boys' Guide To Life offers up advice gleaned from the pages of the stories themselves.
Originally this book was to be titled The Hardy Boys Swell Guide to Life, which is probably why the DJ description still uses the archaic word swell.
I enjoyed The Hardy Boys Guide to Life. It is a fun, quick read which should be in every Hardy Boys fan's collection

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thank You, Frank & Joe Hardy!, October 16, 2002

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Keeneye Reviews (Northeastern USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Hardy Boys' Guide to Life (Hardcover)

An attractively designed little book lavishly illustrated with the gripping dustjacket covers and frontispieces from the various titles in the Hardy Boys series. Its 44 pages are chockful of information, advice, and reflections from Frank and Joe Hardy for anyone who has set his ballcap on attaining health, wealth, and happiness. My favorite from Frank and Joe:

"You just can't rely on men who don't have a woman around the house to keep them straight."

Ah! ... too true!

At 7"x5" the book is just a tad too big to stuff in the back pocket of my weathered Levi's so I keep my copy in a cigar box on the coffee-stained dashboard of my rusty old pickup truck for ready reference in sticky situations.