LEADER 04499nam 2200709Ia 450 001 9910822458903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0821441604 010 $a9780821441602 010 $z0821415476$b(alk. paper) 010 $z9780821415474$b(alk. paper) 035 $a(CKB)1000000000713549 035 $a(OCoLC)80243138 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10118476 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000432222 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11328172 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000432222 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10478065 035 $a(PQKB)10257201 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3026868 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3026868 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10118476 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000713549 100 $a20040406d2004 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe secret of the Hardy boys $eLeslie McFarlane and the Stratemeyer Syndicate /$fMarilyn S. Greenwald 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAthens $cOhio University Press$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (340 pages) $cillustrations 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8214-1547-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [283]-302) and index. 327 $aIntro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 / TWO LIVES INTERSECT -- 2 / A WRITER IS BORN -- 3 / THE GHOST OF THE HARDY BOYS -- 4 / BIRTH OF A SERIES -- 5 / A WELL-OILED MACHINE -- 6 / THE GOLDEN HANDCUFFS -- 7 / TOUGH TIMES -- Gallery -- 8 / THE CIRCLE GROWS -- 9 / GOOD OR BAD BOOKS? -- 10 / THE BEST AND WORST OF TIMES -- 11 / NEW OPPORTUNITIES -- 12 / DIRECTING THE PICTURE -- 13 / ON THE AIR -- 14 / A TRAGIC TIME -- 15 / A GHOST EMERGES -- 16 / GHOSTS OF THEIR FORMER SELVES -- 17 / AT HOME AT THE TYPEWRITER -- 18 / THE FINAL CHAPTER -- Reference -- Published Works by Leslie McFarlane -- Index. 330 $a"The author of the Hardy Boys mysteries was, as millions of readers know, Franklin W. Dixon. Except that there never was a Franklin W. Dixon. He was the creation of Edward Stratemeyer, the founder of a children's book empire that also published the Tom Swift, Bobbsey Twins, and Nancy Drew series. The Secret of the Hardy Boys: Leslie McFarlane and the Stratemeyer Syndicate recounts how a newspaper reporter with dreams of becoming a serious novelist first brought to life Joe and Frank Hardy, who became two of the most famous characters in children's literature." "Leslie McFarlane, better known as Franklin W. Dixon, wrote twenty of the first twenty-four Hardy Boys mysteries for about $100 per book. He relished the anonymity demanded by the Stratemeyer Syndicate, admitting his authorship of the books to no one, not even his children - his son pried the truth out of him years later. He wrote about the exploits of the Hardy Brats, as he called them, from 1927 to 1947, work that put food on the McFarlane table and allowed him the independence of a professional writer." "A best-selling author, McFarlane never made a penny more from the Hardy Boys series than the flat fee he was paid for each book. Having signed away all rights to the books, McFarlane never shared in the wild financial success of the series." "This book is a story of talent and character as well as of the Stratemeyer Syndicate and the growth and development of children's literature in North America."--Jacket. 606 $aAuthors, Canadian$y20th century$vBiography 606 $aDetective and mystery stories, American$xHistory and criticism 606 $aYoung adult fiction, American$xHistory and criticism 606 $aYoung adult fiction$xPublishing$zUnited States 606 $aHardy Boys (Fictitious characters) 606 $aTeenage boys in literature 606 $aBrothers in literature 615 0$aAuthors, Canadian 615 0$aDetective and mystery stories, American$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aYoung adult fiction, American$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aYoung adult fiction$xPublishing 615 0$aHardy Boys (Fictitious characters) 615 0$aTeenage boys in literature. 615 0$aBrothers in literature. 676 $a813/.52 676 $aB 700 $aGreenwald$b Marilyn S$01601904 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910822458903321 996 $aThe secret of the Hardy boys$93925703 997 $aUNINA