Survival of the Fittest

by Franklin W. Dixon

Testing their wilderness skills on the mountains of Utah, Frank and Joe experience a series of deadly accidents and realize that someone is trying to kill them, sending them on the trail of Butch Cassidy and his outlaw gang

Genres: Mystery, Young Adult

Library Binding

First published February 1, 1997

About the author

Franklin W. Dixon is the pen name used by a variety of different authors who were part of a team that wrote The Hardy Boys novels for the Stratemeyer Syndicate (now owned by Simon & Schuster). Dixon was also the writer attributed for the Ted Scott Flying Stories series, published by Grosset & Dunlap.
Canadian author Leslie McFarlane is believed to have written the first sixteen Hardy Boys books, but worked to a detailed plot and character outline for each story. The outlines are believed to have originated with Edward Stratemeyer, with later books outlined by his daughters Edna C. Squier and Harriet Stratemeyer Adams. Edward and Harriet also edited all books in the series through the mid-1960s. Other writers of the original books include MacFarlane's wife Amy, John Button, Andrew E. Svenson, and Adams herself; most of the outlines were done by Adams and Svenson. A number of other writers and editors were recruited to revise the outlines and update the texts in line with a more modern sensibility, starting in the late 1950s.
The principal author for the Ted Scott books was John W. Duffield.

Reviews

[B-rabbit]

I learned to never give up when failing and can't succeed.Also this was an ok book but it isn't the greatest mystery book out there and there is probably lots of mystery books out there that are better

[Dannuel Delizo]

Utah is an amazing place. Also, these boys rocked the whole place!