The Hardy Boys series

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The Hardy Boys series is a long-running collection of juvenile mystery novels featuring teenage brothers Frank and Joe Hardy solving crimes and adventures, originally published under the pseudonym Franklin W. Dixon.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf children's book series
juvenile mystery novel series
literary franchise
authorPseudonym Franklin W. Dixon
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
createdBy Edward Stratemeyer
crossoverWith Nancy Drew series
surface form: Nancy Drew Mystery Stories
featuresCharacter Frank Hardy
Joe Hardy
firstPublicationYear 1927
hasApproximateVolumeCount over 190 volumes
hasTheme adventure
crime solving
family
friendship
influenced later juvenile detective series
literaryPeriod 20th-century American children's literature
marketedAs The Hardy Boys series self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Hardy Boys Mystery Stories
mediaAdaptation The Hardy Boys series self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Hardy Boys (1969 TV series)

The Hardy Boys series self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Hardy Boys (1995 TV series)

The Hardy Boys (2020 TV series)
The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (TV series)
notableWork The House on the Cliff
The Secret of the Old Mill
The Tower Treasure
originalLanguage English
primaryGenre mystery fiction
producedBy Stratemeyer Syndicate
protagonistAgeGroup teenage boys
protagonistRelationship Frank and Joe Hardy are brothers
publisher Grosset & Dunlap
Simon & Schuster
recurringCharacter Aunt Gertrude Hardy
Biff Hooper
Callie Shaw
Chet Morton
Fenton Hardy
Iola Morton
Laura Hardy
Tony Prito
setting Bayport
spinOff The Hardy Boys series self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Hardy Boys Adventures

The Hardy Boys series self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Hardy Boys Casefiles

The Hardy Boys series self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Hardy Boys: Undercover Brothers
targetAudience juvenile readers
young adults
usesHouseName Franklin W. Dixon is a house pseudonym

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Grosset & Dunlap hasPublished The Hardy Boys series
Grosset & Dunlap hasPublished The Hardy Boys series
this entity surface form: The Hardy Boys Mystery Stories
Michael O'Herlihy notableWork The Hardy Boys series
this entity surface form: The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries
The Hardy Boys series mediaAdaptation The Hardy Boys series self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Hardy Boys (1969 TV series)
The Hardy Boys series mediaAdaptation The Hardy Boys series self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Hardy Boys (1995 TV series)
The Hardy Boys series spinOff The Hardy Boys series self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Hardy Boys Casefiles
The Hardy Boys series spinOff The Hardy Boys series self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Hardy Boys: Undercover Brothers
The Hardy Boys series spinOff The Hardy Boys series self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Hardy Boys Adventures
The Hardy Boys series marketedAs The Hardy Boys series self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Hardy Boys Mystery Stories
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this entity surface form: Hardy Boys