The Tower Treasure - Franklin W. Dixon

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Résumé :
Frank and Joe Hardy were driving along on their motorcycles one pleasant afternoon when a roadster driven by an apparent madman almost ran them down. The event happened so fast that all the boys noticed was the drivers's bright red hair. Later, that same red-haired driver attempted to rob a ferry boat office, and successfully made off with a yellow roadster called Queen from the Hardys' friend, Chet Morton. Since one witness reported that the villain had dark hair, the Hardy Boys assume The man was wearing a red wig when they saw him. When the boys hear a report that there has been a robbery of forty thousand dollars in securities and jewels from the Tower Mansion owned by siblings Hurd and Adelia Applegate they decide it's time to follow in their father's footsteps and become private investigators....

Biographie:
Franklin W. Dixon is the collective pseudonym used for the authors of the long-running Hardy Boys mystery series. The name was created in 1927 by the Stratemeyer Syndicate, a publishing organization that developed and managed numerous popular juvenile fiction series through a stable of contracted writers.The Hardy Boys books, beginning with The Tower Treasure, follow teenage brothers Frank and Joe Hardy as they solve crimes and unravel mysteries. Written by multiple ghostwriters under editorial direction, the series became one of the most enduring and widely read works of twentieth-century children's mystery fiction.Although Franklin W. Dixon is not a single individual, the name represents a collaborative literary enterprise that shaped generations of young readers. The Hardy Boys series remains a cornerstone of juvenile detective fiction and a lasting fixture in popular culture....

Sommaire:
Frank and Joe Hardy were driving along on their motorcycles one pleasant afternoon when a roadster driven by an apparent madman almost ran them down. The event happened so fast that all the boys noticed was the drivers's bright red hair. Later, that same red-haired driver attempted to rob a ferry boat office, and successfully made off with a yellow roadster called Queen from the Hardys' friend, Chet Morton. Since one witness reported that the villain had dark hair, the Hardy Boys assume The man was wearing a red wig when they saw him. When the boys hear a report that there has been a robbery of forty thousand dollars in securities and jewels from the Tower Mansion owned by siblings Hurd and Adelia Applegate they decide it's time to follow in their father's footsteps and become private investigators....