Dead Man in Deadwood

The Hardy Boys: Casefiles #87

by Franklin W. Dixon

Hot crime adventure begins with the Hardy Boys--always a favorite with young readers. In their latest thrill, the Hardy Boys are attending the annual Wild West Week in the town of Deadwood, South Dakota, in the heart of the Black Hills. As usual Frank and Joe are smack in the middle of the fireworks--this time between the Sioux and a local land developer.

Genres: Mystery, Young Adult, Childrens

Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 1994

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

[The Curious Reader]

When I first read Hardy Boys, I think I was in class 5, I had such a crush on Frank Hardy. I liked the brainy one over the brawny one and that sums up my first impression of Hardy Boys.
In their late teens, Frank and Joe Hardy take after their detective father Fenton Hardy. Frank is the older of the two and has more breakthroughs in the cases because he is the brainy one. Joe is the younger brother who more often than not is useful when things get hot and they need to fight their way out.
Like Nancy Drew, the books in the The Hardy Boys series re written by ghostwriters under the collective pseudonym Franklin W. Dixon. And yes, the earlier books were better than the latter ones.

[Bjørn Hoenvoll]

Hardyguttene var favorittbøkene dag jeg begynte å lese dem i 1952 som niåring. For noen dager siden fant jeg bok nummer 105 på hytta og bestemte meg for å skumme gjenom den i håp om å oppleve lesegleden jeg hadde som barn. Jeg hadde mange Hardyguttbøker og jeg husker den første jeg fikk var nummer 2 i serien.
Sansynligvis er originalen dårlig skrevet, men bedre har den ikke blitt i norsk språkdrakt. Norsken er elendig og oversettelesen en skam. Slikt kan vi ikke være bekjent av å servere barn i dag. Jeg skal nå hjem å lete på loftet i håp om å finne Hardyguttbok nummer 2. Var de virkelig like dårlige den gangen, eller er det bare jeg som har blitt en sur gammel mann.

[Katie]

I didn't like this mystery as much it just wasn't that interesting or hard to figure out who had done what.

[Dannuel Delizo]

The first law of the wild West is always watch your back.

[William Skibinski]

It was a good book.