Hunting for Hidden Gold
Original 1928 edition
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| Author | Franklin W. Dixon |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | The Hardy Boys |
| Genre | Children's literature/Young adult literature |
| Publisher | Grosset & Dunlap |
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Publication date
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May 1, 1928, revised edition 1963 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | original edition 192, revised edition 177 |
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| OCLC | 2531131 |
| Preceded by | The Missing Chums |
| Followed by | The Shore Road Mystery |
Hunting For Hidden Gold is Volume 5 in the original The Hardy Boys Mystery Stories published by Grosset & Dunlap. The book ranks 111th on Publishers Weekly's All-Time Bestselling Children's Book List for the United States, with 1,179,533 copies sold as of 2001[update].
The plot concerns the theft of gold from a mining camp in Montana. At first the case is being worked on by Fenton Hardy but when he becomes injured he invites his sons Frank and Joe to join him. After overcoming many obstacles the Hardy boys recover the stolen gold and turn the outlaws over to the Sheriff.
This book was written for the Stratemeyer Syndicate by Leslie McFarlane in 1928. Between 1959 and 1973 the first 38 volumes of this series were systematically revised as part of a project directed by Harriet Adams, Edward Stratemeyer's daughter. The original version of this book was rewritten in 1963 by Alistair Hunter resulting in two different stories with the same title.
The Hardy Boys head to Montana to help their father who had been working on a case and broke his ribs. They go to the village of Lucky Lode and find a mystery connected to a guy they saved who had been shot by careless hunters in the beginning of the book.The Man they saved had his gold stolen when he was in Lucky Lode mining he suspected one of his partners who was trying to save the gold and disappeared. When in Lucky Lode, they meet Mr.Burke who owns the general store and in the end of the book find out he is a spy called "Slip Gun" spying on them, and working for Big Al the villain. They defeat Big Al who was known as Black Pepper when the guy they saved lived in Lucky Lode (Frank and Joe find this out later). While hunting for the hidden gold the Hardy Boys spot a cave, so they head into the cave to search for clues to where the gold might be but, they run into a pack of wolves before they find any clues and have to find a way to get out of the cave. They also find Bart Dawson is Bob Dodge, the man who flew them to Montana.(He had amnesia) Despite the amnesia he had an absolutely dandy time. They end up recovering the gold and rounding up all the bad guys in the story.
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