Title: The boy detectives
Description: "This collection of eleven essays examines the boy detective and his genre, addressing the issues of these characters, heirs to the patriarchy yet still concerned with first crushes and soda shop romances. Series explored include the Hardy Boys, Tow Swift, the Three Investigators, Christopher Cool and Tim Murphy, also works by Astrid Lindgren, Mark Haddon, and Joe Meno"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Hardy Boys, Detectives in literature, Children's stories, American, History and criticism, American Detective and mystery stories, American Young adult fiction, Boys in literature, Characters, Hardy Boys (Fictitious characters), Detective and mystery stories, history and criticism, Children's literature, history and criticism, American fiction, history and criticism, 20th century
People: Edward Stratemeyer (1862-1930)