The Hardy Boys: The Tower Treasure

by Leslie McFarlane

Overview

In this literary debut of the adventure series, teenage aspiring detectives Frank and Joe Hardy stumble onto a crime spree that touches every corner of their hometown of Bayport. With the help of their father, legendary detective Fenton Hardy, Frank and Joe encounter thieves, robberies, bomb threats, frame-ups, and a hidden cache of loot in a quest to crack the case and earn their reward. This is a reprint of the 1927 first edition of The Hardy Boys: The Tower Treasure, without cuts or censorship, as originally written by Leslie McFarlane under the pen name Franklin W. Dixon.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781959403456
Publisher:	Passage Classics
Publication date:	12/02/2025
Series:	Hardy Boys Series
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	5.25(w) x 8.00(h) x 1.00(d)
Age Range:	8 - 11 Years

About the Author

Franklin W. Dixon is a pseudonym for the writers of the Hardy Boys series, most notably for author Leslie McFarlane.

Leslie McFarlane (1902–1977) was a Canadian writer, newspaperman, filmmaker, and reluctant architect of one of the most beloved series in all of children’s literature. As a young journalist living in Springfield, Massachusetts, he answered a curious ad: “Writer wanted for juvenile series.” The gig paid $100 flat per book, without royalties, but in the early days of the Great Depression, this was enough to keep coal in the McFarlane family furnace. Thus began his double life as Franklin W. Dixon, ghostwriter of the first 21 Hardy Boys books.

McFarlane brought real literary flair to the job, slipping challenging vocabulary and high drama into formulaic plots he often rewrote entirely. His knack for adventurous storytelling and keen sense of humor helped millions of kids fall in love with reading.