Mark Connelly teaches literature and film at Milwaukee Area Technical College in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he is vice president of the Irish Cultural and Heritage Center.

• Table of ContentsPreface      Introduction: The Hardy Boys at Eighty      1. Off the Assembly Line: The Fiction Factory of Edward Stratemeyer      2. The McFarlane Formula: “I Opted for Quality”      3. The Weird Period      4. The Hardy Boys in Peace and Cold War      5. Policing the Hardy Boys: The “Great Purge”      6. Into the Disco Age      7. Race      8. Class      9. Hardy Girls: Gender in the Hardy Boys      10. Hardy Family Values      11. Law and Order       12. Action, Not Violence       13. Bayport, USA       14. The Hardy Boys on Stage, on Screen, and in Parody      15. Book Wars: The Series Book Under Fire      Chronology      The Hardy Boys Canon      Twenty Opening Lines      Hardyisms     Chapter Notes     Bibliography     Index

“A solid resource...recommended”—Choice; “an engaging and thorough history of the Hardy Boys...fascinating”—School Library Journal; “a brisk, interesting read, not only for fans of the series”—Scarlet; “well-written and researched study”—Mystery Scene; “a valuable contribution to the lore of the series book”—Dime Novel Round-Up; “demonstrates nearly encyclopedic knowledge of the series’ plots and recurring themes”—Children's Literature Association Quarterly; “a delight to read...fans of the Hardy Boys will thrill to get their hands on this volume”—The Bloomsbury Review.

Mark Connelly teaches literature and film at Milwaukee Area Technical College in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he is vice president of the Irish Cultural and Heritage Center.

• Table of ContentsPreface      Introduction: The Hardy Boys at Eighty      1. Off the Assembly Line: The Fiction Factory of Edward Stratemeyer      2. The McFarlane Formula: “I Opted for Quality”      3. The Weird Period      4. The Hardy Boys in Peace and Cold War      5. Policing the Hardy Boys: The “Great Purge”      6. Into the Disco Age      7. Race      8. Class      9. Hardy Girls: Gender in the Hardy Boys      10. Hardy Family Values      11. Law and Order       12. Action, Not Violence       13. Bayport, USA       14. The Hardy Boys on Stage, on Screen, and in Parody      15. Book Wars: The Series Book Under Fire      Chronology      The Hardy Boys Canon      Twenty Opening Lines      Hardyisms     Chapter Notes     Bibliography     Index

“A solid resource...recommended”—Choice; “an engaging and thorough history of the Hardy Boys...fascinating”—School Library Journal; “a brisk, interesting read, not only for fans of the series”—Scarlet; “well-written and researched study”—Mystery Scene; “a valuable contribution to the lore of the series book”—Dime Novel Round-Up; “demonstrates nearly encyclopedic knowledge of the series’ plots and recurring themes”—Children's Literature Association Quarterly; “a delight to read...fans of the Hardy Boys will thrill to get their hands on this volume”—The Bloomsbury Review.

Mark Connelly teaches literature and film at Milwaukee Area Technical College in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he is vice president of the Irish Cultural and Heritage Center.

• Table of ContentsPreface      Introduction: The Hardy Boys at Eighty      1. Off the Assembly Line: The Fiction Factory of Edward Stratemeyer      2. The McFarlane Formula: “I Opted for Quality”      3. The Weird Period      4. The Hardy Boys in Peace and Cold War      5. Policing the Hardy Boys: The “Great Purge”      6. Into the Disco Age      7. Race      8. Class      9. Hardy Girls: Gender in the Hardy Boys      10. Hardy Family Values      11. Law and Order       12. Action, Not Violence       13. Bayport, USA       14. The Hardy Boys on Stage, on Screen, and in Parody      15. Book Wars: The Series Book Under Fire      Chronology      The Hardy Boys Canon      Twenty Opening Lines      Hardyisms     Chapter Notes     Bibliography     Index

“A solid resource...recommended”—Choice; “an engaging and thorough history of the Hardy Boys...fascinating”—School Library Journal; “a brisk, interesting read, not only for fans of the series”—Scarlet; “well-written and researched study”—Mystery Scene; “a valuable contribution to the lore of the series book”—Dime Novel Round-Up; “demonstrates nearly encyclopedic knowledge of the series’ plots and recurring themes”—Children's Literature Association Quarterly; “a delight to read...fans of the Hardy Boys will thrill to get their hands on this volume”—The Bloomsbury Review.