Hardy Boys

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Hardy Boys: References & Edit History

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Add new Web site: eScholarship - Soft Boiled Detectives: The Hardy Boys and the Rise of the Teenager (PDF).	Gloria Lotha	Jan 08, 2025
	Noted that the Undercover Brothers series ended and that a new series, The Hardy Boys Adventures, began.	Amy Tikkanen	Oct 10, 2019
	Media added.	Amy Tikkanen	Nov 18, 2016
	Add new Web site: The Thrilling Detective Web Site- Frank and Joe Hardy (The Hardy Boys).	Thinley Kalsang Bhutia	May 16, 2016
	New article added.	Kathleen Kuiper	Feb 26, 2013