Ghost of the Hardy Boys: The Writer Behind the World's Most Famous Boy Detectives

by Leslie McFarlane

In 1926, twenty-three-year-old cub newspaper reporter Leslie McFarlane responded to an ad: "Experienced Fiction Writer Wanted." The ad was signed by Edward Stratemeyer, whose syndicate effectively invented mass-market children's book publishing in America. McFarlane, who had a few published adventure stories to his name, was hired and his first job was to write Dave Fearless Under the Ocean as Roy Rockwood--for a flat fee of $100, no royalties...

• Format: Audio CD
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0C6P2N3WY
• ISBN13: 9798212366342
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Tantor Audio