The Hardy Boys mysteries, 1927-1979
Subtitle: a cultural and literary history
By: Mark Connelly.
Publisher: McFarland & Co. Publishers; McFarland & Co.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9780786433865
Subjects: Stratemeyer, Edward, -- 1862-1930 -- Characters -- Hardy Boys; Stratemeyer Syndicate; Hardy Boys (fictitious characters); Children's literature in series -- History and criticism; Children's stories, American -- History and criticism; Detective and mystery stories, American -- History and criticism; Children -- Books and reading -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Description: "This book follows the development of the Hardy Boys series through 1979. Includes the writing of Stratemeyer and McFarlane; the Cold War and the disco age; race, class, gender; family values; law and order; and action rather than violence. Appendices provide a bibliography of Hardy Boys books, opening lines from 20 novels, and selected "Hardyisms.""--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : The Hardy Boys at eighty; title: Off the assembly line : the fiction factory of Edward Stratemeyer; title: McFarlane formula : "I opted for quality"; title: Weird period; title: Hardy Boys in peace and cold war; title: Policing the Hardy Boys : the "great purge"; title: Into the disco age; title: Race; title: Class; title: Hardy girls : gender in the Hardy Boys; title: Hardy family values; title: Law and Order; title: Action, not violence; title: Bayport, USA; title: Hardy Boys on stage, on screen, and in parody; title: Book wars : the series book under fire