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Revision as of 08:07, 8 July 2011
- For the original book, see The Secret of the Old Mill (original text)
The Secret of the Old Mill is the third book in The Hardy Boys Original series. It was first published by Grosset & Dunlap in 1927 and revised in 1962. Produced by the Stratemeyer Syndicate.
Plot summary
Internal summary:[2]
"Drop case or else danger for you and your family." This warning addressed to Fenton Hardy not only alarms the famous investigator and his detective sons, but also puzzles them, because Mr. Hardy is working on more than one case. Which one prompted the threat?
When more ominous warnings follow, Frank and Joe suspect that there is a link between the counterfeiting case they are investigating and a secret case their father cannot discuss since it involves national security.
The key to the solution of both cases appear to be hidden in the old Turner mill, constructed in frontier days but now a gatehouse for Elekton Controls Limited, engaged in manufacturing top-secret electronic parts for space missiles. But the mill house is occupied by two Elekton employees who are hostile to Frank and Joe and refuse to allow the young detectives to question the company's fourteen year-old messenger boy who unknowingly may be in possession of some vital clues.
Determined to learn the secret of the old mill, Frank and Joe employ a clever ruse to gain entrance, only to find themselves trapped in a subterranean passageway. How the young detectives extricate themselves from this dangerous situation and unravel both mysteries will keep the reader tense with suspense.
Appearances
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Locations
- Turner Mill
Businesses and organizations
- Elekton Controls Limited
Notes
The Secret of the Old Mill Great Britain: Collins #16, 1972, Hardcover
- The art used for the revised text was originally commissioned in 1960, so a few dust jacket editions of the original version of the text from 1927 exist with the same artwork.
- Some of the first printing picture cover editions of the revised text of The Secret of the Old Mill contain a little square on the front cover in the upper right hand corner with a $1 sign indicating the price of the book in 1962.
- The Secret of the Old Mill (revised text) has been issued in Great Britain as the 16th volume in the Collins series (see picture, right) which has led to a colorful timeline in that series, since the Hardy's don't receive their boat the Sleuth until this volume, however, in the Collins series, the Sleuth is used in a couple of books before this one.
- The revised text was also released in Israel in 1979 using the same external and internal artwork as the Grosset & Dunlap editions. (see picture, right)
The Secret of the Old Mill Israel: Hebrew edition revised text, 1979, Hardcover
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Who Wrote the Hardy Boys? at keeline.com
- ↑ The Hardy Boys #3 The Secret of The Old Mill (1962)
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