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The Ghost at Skeleton Rock

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The Ghost at Skeleton Rock
Original edition
AuthorFranklin W. Dixon
LanguageEnglish
SeriesThe Hardy Boys
GenreDetective, mystery
PublisherGrosset & Dunlap
Publication date
January 1, 1958
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages192 pp
Preceded byThe Secret of Pirates' Hill 
Followed byThe Mystery at Devil's Paw 

The Ghost at Skeleton Rock is the thirty-seventh volume in the original The Hardy Boys series of mystery books for children and teens published by Grosset & Dunlap.

This book was written for the Stratemeyer Syndicate by James Duncan Lawrence (who also wrote the majority of the Tom Swift Jr. series) in 1957.[1] 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.[2] The original version of this book was shortened in 1966 by Priscilla Baker-Carr[1] resulting in two slightly different stories sharing the same title.

Plot summary

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Frank, Joe, Chet and Tony travel to Puerto Rico to investigate the mystery behind a coded letter they received from the Hardy father. They later go in a race against time to stop a criminal mastermind from using an atomic bomb to take over the government of the fictional country of Tropicale.

References

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  1. ^ a b Keeline, James D. "Who Wrote the Hardy Boys? Secrets from the Syndicate Files Revealed" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 4, 2019. Retrieved March 29, 2010.
  2. ^ "Hardy Boys Online".
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