Boy Detectives

Michael G. Cornelius is a professor of English and director of the Master’s of Humanities program at Wilson College in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. He is an award-winning novelist and the author or editor of numerous scholarly works.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Introduction: The Nomenclature of Boy SleuthsMICHAEL G. CORNELIUS      1. A Hardy Boys’ Identity Narrative and The Tower TreasureLARRY T. SHILLOCK      2. Hardy Camaraderie: Boy Sleuthing and Male Community in the Hardy Boys MysteriesC. M. GILL      3. Terminal Immaterial: The Uncertain Subject of the Hardy Boys Airport MysteriesCHRISTOPHER SCHABERG      4. Strategies of Adaptation: The Hardy Boys on TelevisionBRIAN TAVES      5. Natural Detective Work: Ideas About Nature in the Early Tom Swift BooksELIZABETH D. BLUM      6. Tim Murphy: Superhero Without a CapeFRED ERISMAN      7. Adventures and Affect: The Character of the Boy Detective and Orphan in Astrid Lindgren’s Rasmus and the TrampCHARLOTTE BEYER      8. The Power of Three: Alfred Hitchcock’s Three Investigators SeriesALAN PICKRELL      9. Clashing Genres: (No) Sex and (No) Violence in the Christopher Cool, TEEN Agent SeriesMICHAEL G. CORNELIUS      10. “The Perfect Hero for His Age”: Christopher Boone and the Role of Logic in the Boy Detective NarrativeNICOLA ALLEN      11. Has the World Outgrown the Classic Boy Detective?JOHN FINLAY KERR      About the Contributors      Index  & nbsp;

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