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The Tower Treasure (Hardy Boys, Book 1) Paperback – December 21, 1981

by Franklin W. Dixon (Author)

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Grownups will remember Frank and Joe Hardy and their ability to solve even the most baffling of mysteries. The first book was published in 1927, and over the years the series has sold over 50 million copies. But mysteriously, the original books have disappeared. Now, Applewood is pleased to present The Tower Treasure, the very first Hardy Boys mystery ever published.

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160 pages
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HarperCollins Publishers
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December 21, 1981
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000691912X
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978-0006919124
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ HarperCollins Publishers (December 21, 1981)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 160 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 000691912X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0006919124
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 9 - 12 years, from customers
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 0.8 ounces

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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.

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E. Odom

Great read with the Kids

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 22, 2023

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Our kids love the Hardy Boy Mysteries. We read a couple chapters a night and they always go to sleep wanting to know what will happen next.

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Paul J. Mular

Print-On-Demand book is poorly formatted. 214 pages condensed to 52 pages.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 15, 2023

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This review is for the "Unabridged Publications" edition book. The original 1927 text is ***** five stars.

This is a Print-On-Demand book, poorly formatted. 214 original book pages are condensed to 52 magazine sized pages with double rows of page text. The font is rather small and in some cases the next chapter number is at the bottom of one column while the chapter name is at the top of the next column. With four blank pages in the back, the book could have been formatted a bit better.

The modern cover art could confuse readers, there is no explanation that the text takes place in 1927 with antique technology. The publisher also takes no credit on the title page or book cover, only in the false 2023 copyright notice (the book text is in the Public Domain).

The last page of the book indicates the day it was printed in Las Vegas, NV., the date is the very day I placed the order which was after the release date.

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Gadget Guru

Good story, poor book formatting

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 5, 2023

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While I enjoy the Hardy Boys stories and welcome the new unabridged versions, I'm not pleased at all with the formatting of them.

The main thing is that they're set up like magazines rather than traditional paperback books. This means there are two columns of text per page, which is annoying to read.

Also, there are numerous extra spaces between words throughout the books.

I bought the first 3 of these releases, but I doubt I'll buy more of these editions.

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Westerner

These originals add substantial depth to the prose

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 17, 2014

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I grew up having read a handful of the abbreviated and censored versions you can find in any public library. When I went to read a couple of the volumes to my own boys (first graders), I discovered there were more authentic versions, but initially had a hard time finding affordable copies. These facsimiles were just that. I bought the first six, but doubt I will buy any more as there are so many other things to read that just weren't around in 1927, and many of them are even now at the library.

I've read that the justification for the 1959 revisions and the subsequently more popular editions of these stories was the removal of crude racial and social stereotypes, and to accommodate the changing role of women. Of course they were sold rather on the premise of an update reflecting advancements in the methods detectives use. I decry the censorship not as a transgression of an individual's artistic expression, although one could certainly argue that McFarlane's work was vandalized, but rather as a revision of our own history and an offense to our cultural heritage. The atrocities of our culture's past aren't sacred, but it is foolish to think they can be wiped out simply by recompiling a banal story around a similar plot line that is void of substance, good or bad. The result is to effect something of a mind-numbing dystopia.

Let's face it. The Hardy Boys could hardly have ever been considered literature, but the revisions only served to entrench that perception. These originals are comprised of a series of half-decent yarns that entertain the reader through the story's development and the character's personalities. Whereas the censored versions are more apt to give the reader a good laugh at the absurd sequences that were necessary to chop as many as five chapters from the books, and the sort of dull conformity of the heartless protagonists and the plain, stock characters that comprise their chums.

In the end, I suppose either version would serve the purpose of informing one's cultural literacy of the US in the 20th century. Depending on the version you choose, you may have varying opinion on the same.

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Einsatz

“You know I don’t care to hear about these horrible things.”

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 5, 2022

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I haven’t thought about the Hardy Boys in decades. I was hoping to read what would be a happy flashback to a time in my youth. But. It’s not quite the way I remember it. This time The Tower Treasure presented itself as a fascinating relic. Quaint. An ode to different time, a time that no longer exists. The dialog is stilted, the plot simplistic, and the mere mention of their mother had me confused…I don’t recall a mother being part of these books. She’s mentioned a couple of times in passing, loath to have anything to do with ‘detecting.’ Still. It had its moments; I didn’t mind reading it.

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Very pleased customer

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 11, 2022

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The book arrived in very good condition. It was exactly what I expected and the delivery was within the time-frame advertised.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 1, 2021

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Good book I enjoyed reading it even though I’m a little out of the team bracket I still enjoyed it

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TB

Just as expected

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 11, 2022

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rowantree

Say fellows, let's get sleuthing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on July 22, 2012

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I got two of these in the 70's when my parents had a old friend over from the US and they're still here (the books not the old friend) and I remember them being cracking books. So to christen the Kindle I ordered this guy, even though I'm rather older now. Fantastic book. Can't believe you can spin a plot around a red wig but there you go. Excellent. Away to buy the second one now. Not sure about the £4.79 bit for a Kindle version mind you, bit expensive perhaps, but whatever. Well worth a read.

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Gerwyn Davies

Good read, years late.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on June 2, 2021

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At nearly 70 I realised I have never read a Hardy Boys book. I wanted to start with the first one (although this has the number 31 on the spine). Paperback versions are hard to find. This was good value. Although somewhat dated and with undertones of 'Happy Days', I enjoyed it and will be looking for more.

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P. Rowley-brooke

DATED SLEUTHING

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 21, 2018

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Dated sleuthing; there is a certain nostalgia to reading the Hardy Boys. It’s not just the absence of modern technology that dates the story but also the attitudes of the main players is surprising. If I didn’t know the ages of the 2 boys was 17 and 18 I would have assumed them to be no older than 14.

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Robby1

Amazing book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on January 6, 2014

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Why did I read this book?: well, my mum and dad recommended this book as they read it when they were my age so I decided to have a go and now it's made me want to read the rest

Why did I choose this rating?:I love mysteries and cliff-hangers and the 'Hardy Boys's' puts these together perfectly with changers that will blow your mind

who would I recommend this book to?: anyone who loves mysteries and anxiousness in not knowing what's next also for people who don't put books down!

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Amazon Customer

Still great

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on March 23, 2013

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Loved these books as a child and loved it now. Read all of the hardy boys books when in junior school and was worried that after over 20 years the books would be showing their age but I was not disappointed. A very good read, and while some of the language used may have fallen out of favour it is still a great story for any age.

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