Dixon, Franklin W
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author, House name.
Perhaps the most famous House Name of the Stratemeyer Syndicate (see Edward Stratemeyer), used by Leslie McFarlane for his contributions to the Hardy Boys sequence and by Harriet Stratemeyer Adams and others; rare items of genre interest in this series include The Disappearing Floor (1940) by John Button (whom see), The Firebird Rocket (1978) and The Hardy Boys: Ghost Stories (coll 1984). Two other early titles of possible interest are from the Ted Scott Flying Stories sequence: Castaways of the Stratosphere; Or, Hunting the Vanished Balloonists (1935) and Hunting the Sky Spies; Or, Testing the Invisible Plane (1941). The short Hardy Boys and Tom Swift Ultra Thriller sequence beginning with Hardy Boys and Tom Swift Ultra Thriller: Time Bomb (1992) imprudently attempts to capitalize on the two featured series; these books are written for slightly younger children. [JC]
see also: Jim Lawrence.
"Franklin W Dixon"
works (only those listed above)
series
Ted Scott Flying Stories
- Castaways of the Stratosphere; Or, Hunting the Vanished Balloonists (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1935) [tie: Ted Scott Flying Stories: hb/J Clemens Gretta]
- Hunting the Sky Spies; Or, Testing the Invisible Plane (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1941) [tie: Ted Scott Flying Stories: hb/]
Hardy Boys
- The Disappearing Floor (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1940) by John Button [Hardy Boys: hb/Paul Laune]
- The Firebird Rocket (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1978) by Vincent Buranelli [Hardy Boys: hb/]
- The Hardy Boys: Ghost Stories (New York: Pocket Books, 1984) [tie: Hardy Boys: pb/]
Hardy Boys and Tom Swift Ultra Thriller
- Hardy Boys and Tom Swift Ultra Thriller: Time Bomb (New York: Simon Ultra/Archway, 1992) [tie: Hardy Boys and Tom Swift Ultra Thriller: illus/pb/Romas Kukalis]
- Hardy Boys and Tom Swift Ultra Thriller: The Alien Factor (New York: Simon Ultra/Archway, 1993) [tie: Hardy Boys and Tom Swift Ultra Thriller: illus/pb/Michael Herring]
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