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Footprints Under the Window

78.6% complete
1965
Unknown
Never (or unknown...)
Mystery and detective stories
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1 - Shots Offshore
2 - Night Prowler
3 - Missing Papers
4 - Peril in the Air
5 - Suspect at Large
6 - Waterfront Sleuthing
7 - Reward or Bribe?
8 - Cobblewave Cove
9 - Thief in the Crowd
10 - Discreet Intruder
11 - A Secret Revealed
12 - "Stranger" Sighted
13 - Ragged Caller
14 - Blind River
15 - City of Silence
16 - The Gate of Doom
17 - Homestretch
18 - A Sinister Meeting
19 - Ghost Ship
20 - Countdown
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 Hardy Boys (Revised)*
#12 of 58
Hardy Boys (Revised)*     See series as if on a bookshelf
A series of middle grade novels written to appeal to young boys starring two brothers, the sons of a famous detective, solving their own mysteries.  They were written by several people using the pen name Franklin W Dixon.

1) The Tower Treasure
2) The House on the Cliff
3) The Secret of the Old Mill
4) The Missing Chums
5) Hunting for Hidden Gold
6) The Shore Road Mystery
7) The Secret of the Caves
8) The Mystery of Cabin Island
9) The Great Airport Mystery
10) What Happened at Midnight
11) While the Clock Ticked
12) Footprints Under the Window
13) The Mark on the Door
14) The Hidden Harbor Mystery
15) The Sinister Signpost
16) A Figure in Hiding
17) The Secret Warning
18) The Twisted Claw
19) The Disappearing Floor
20) Mystery of the Flying Express
21) The Clue of the Broken Blade
22) The Flickering Torch Mystery
23) The Melted Coins
24) The Short-Wave Mystery
25) The Secret Panel
26) The Phantom Freighter
27) The Secret of Skull Mountain
28) The Sign of the Crooked Arrow
29) The Secret of the Lost Tunnel
30) The Wailing Siren Mystery
31) The Secret of Wildcat Swamp
32) The Crisscross Shadow
33) The Yellow Feather Mystery
34) The Hooded Hawk Mystery
35) The Clue in the Embers
36) The Secret of Pirates' Hill
37) The Ghost at Skeleton Rock
38) The Mystery at Devil's Paw
39) The Mystery of the Chinese Junk
40) Mystery of the Desert Giant
41) The Clue of the Screeching Owl
42) The Viking Symbol Mystery
43) The Mystery of the Aztec Warrior
44) The Haunted Fort
45) The Mystery of the Spiral Bridge
46) The Secret Agent on Flight 101
47) Mystery of the Whale Tattoo
48) The Arctic Patrol Mystery
49) The Bombay Boomerang
50) Danger on Vampire Trail
51) The Masked Monkey
52) The Shattered Helmet
53) The Clue of the Hissing Serpent
54) The Mysterious Caravan
55) The Witchmaster's Key
56) The Jungle Pyramid
57) The Firebird Rocket
58) The Sting of the Scorpion
Copyright © 1965 by Grosset & Dunlap, Inc.
No dedication.
"Frank - I've never seen so many guards at Micro-Eye before!
May contain spoilers
The others laughed heartily.
Comments may contain spoilers
Revised ( Hardy Boys Original Series) - Completly different: No relationship to the original. Some character names may remain and story line may be reminiscent of the original.
Extract (may contain spoilers)
"The wing!" Frank cried out.  "It's breaking up!"

Simultaneously the Hardys and Chet were flung against their seat belts.  The engine screamed.  The plane plunged into a downward spiral.  After four turns, the gyrations tightened into a spin.

"We must be losing nearly a fourth of our lift on the left wing!" Jack shouted.  "Our aileron is almost useless!"

He chopped engine power, shoved full right rudder, and snapped the stick forward.  Recovery was slow, but Jack finally maneuvered the plane back to straight and level.

Looking out, the boys saw the damaged wing section still attached.  But jagged ribbons of metal were trailing from its lower surface.

"Will we make the airport?" Joe asked.

Jack stared tensely ahead, then glanced back.  "We've already stretched our luck, but if we take it slow, we should make it.  Don't move around!"

Carefully he guided the craft back to the outskirts of Bayport.  Chet, his face white, crouched next to Joe with his fingers crossed.  "M-me and m-my big hobbies!" he groaned.

In silence Jack maneuvered the plane skillfully out over Barmet Bay.  Descending, he banked west toward the airport.  Minutes later, he brought the craft to a safe landing.  Relieved, everyone climbed out.

Jack and the boys looked at the damaged wing.  The pilot frowned.  "I don't understand how it could've happened."

The outer section of the wing hung slightly awry from an uneven breach in the metal.  Aghast, Joe spotted several dents around the cut.

"This was no accident - the wing was slashed!"

Jack grimly affirmed Joe's suspicion of sabotage.  "One clean blow - clean enough for us not to notice it before taking off.  The wind did the rest.  It could have been an ax -"

"Or a machete!" Frank broke in.  "That green sedan behind us on the way here - maybe those vandals were tailing us, and did this job."

"For revenge!" Chet said, rolling his eyes in fear.

Frank disagreed.  "That's a pretty strong dose of revenge coming from vandals - unless they aren't just vandals."

 

Added: 03-Aug-2022
Last Updated: 26-Aug-2024

Publications

 01-Jan-1969
Grosset & Dunlap, Inc.
Hardback
In my libraryHas a cover imageBook Edition Cover
Date Issued:
Cir 01-Jan-1969
Format:
Hardback
Pages*:
177
Internal ID:
43725
ISBN:
Unknown
Country:
United States
Language:
English
Credits:
Rudy Nappi  - Cover Artist
This Emblem Leads You to Aventure!  LOOK FOR IT ON THE COVERS OF THE EXCITING
HARDY BOYS
MYSTERIOUS STORIES by F. W. Dixon

All boys from 10 to 14 who like lively adventure stories, packed with mystery and action, will want to read every one of the Hardy Boys stories listed here.  Sons of a famous American detective, the Hardy boys help solve many thrilling cases after school hours and during vacations, as they follow up the clues they unearth in their quest to bring criminals to justice.

How Many of These Books Do You Own?


   

        THE TOWER TREASURE
        THE HOUSE ON THE CLIFF
        THE SECRET OF THE OLD MILL
        THE MISSING CHUMS
        HUNTING FOR HIDDEN GOLD
        THE SHORE ROAD MYSTERY
        THE SECRET OF THE CAVES
        THE MYSTERY OF CABIN ISLAND
        THE GREAT AIRPORT MYSTERY
        WHAT HAPPENED AT MIDNIGHT
        WHILE THE CLOCK TICKED
        FOOTPRINTS UNDER THE WINDOW
        THE MARK ON THE DOOR
        THE HIDDEN HARBOR MYSTERY
        THE SINISTER SIGNPOST
        A FIGURE IN HIDING
        THE SECRET WARNING
        THE TWISTED CLAW
        THE DISAPPEARING FLOOR
        MYSTERY OF THE FLYING EXPRESS
        THE CLUE OF THE BROKEN BLADE
        THE FLICKERING TORCH MYSTERY
        THE MELTED COINS
        THE SHORT-WAVE MYSTERY
   

   

        THE SECRET PANEL
        THE PHANTOM FREIGHTER
        THE SECRET OF SKULL MOUNTAIN
        THE SIGN OF THE CROOKED ARROW
        THE SECRET OF THE LOST TUNNEL
        THE WAILING SIREN MYSTERY
        THE SECRET OF WILDCAT SWAMP
        THE CRISSCROSS SHADOW
        THE YELLOW FEATHER MYSTERY
        THE HOODED HAWK MYSTERY
        THE CLUE IN THE EMBERS
        THE SECRET OF PIRATES' HILL
        THE GHOST AT SKELETON ROCK
        THE MYSTERY AT DEVIL'S PAW
        THE MYSTERY OF THE CHINESE JUNK
        MYSTERY OF THE DESERT GIANT
        THE CLUE OF THE SCREECHING OWL
        THE VIKING SYMBOL MYSTERY
        THE MYSTERY OF THE AZTEC WARRIOR
        THE HAUNTED FORT
        THE MYSTERY OF THE SPIRAL BRIDGE
        THE SECRET AGENT ON FLIGHT 101
        MYSTERY OF THE WHALE TATTOO
        THE ARCTIC PATROL MYSTERY
        HARDY BOYS DETECTIVE HANDBOOK
       

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01-Jan-1969
Grosset & Dunlap, Inc.
Hardback

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Author(s)

 Franklin W Dixon
Birth: 04 Oct 1862 Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA
Death: 10 May 1930 Newark, New Jersey, USA

Notes:
Edward L Stratemeyer (1862-1930), owner of the Stratemeyer Syndicate, created Joe and Frank Hardy, as well as many other series characters in children's literature.  He hired authors to write stories from his outlines and to agree never to reveal that they, and not the non-existant Mr Dixon, wrote the books.

 David Grambs

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