The Hardy Boys, brothers Frank and Joe Hardy, are fictional characters who appear in several mystery series for children and teens. The series revolves around teenagers who are amateur sleuths, solving cases that stumped their adult counterparts.
The Secret of Wildcat Swamp is Volume 31 in the original The Hardy Boys Mystery Series published by Grosset and Dunlap.
This book was written originally in 1952. Between 1959 and 1973 the first 38 volumes of this series were systematically revised. The original version of this book was rewritten in 1969 resulting in two different stories with the same title.
An invitation from Cap Bailey, science teacher at Bayport High, to accompany him out West to Wildcat Swamp on an archaeological expedition triggers off a series of dangerous events for Frank and Joe Hardy. On their way West the boys and Cap have a near-fatal accident in a private plane which has been sabotaged. Though warned to leave the area, Frank, Joe, and Cap doggedly remain until they have caught the cunning ex-convicts they are up against in this swift-paced adventure.
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