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Title: The Library Of Congress might have an unpublished Hardy Boys book
Post by: Bigfootman on January 30, 2011, 02:18:24 PM
http://catalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v3=1&ti=1,1&SEQ=20110130151316&Search_Arg=Jungle%20of%20evil&Search_Code=GKEY^*&CNT=100&type=quick&PID=2-vRSHWO1-kr3uLjD66Wy8t848q&SID=1

Anyone going to Washington anytime soon? 
Title: Re: The Library Of Congress might have an unpublished Hardy Boys book
Post by: tomswift2002 on January 30, 2011, 03:20:31 PM
Jungle Of Evil...that was the proposed 7th title to the Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys Be A Detective Mystery Stories series back in 1985.  It's possible that the book had an ISBN assigned to it, just like the lost #86.
Title: Re: The Library Of Congress might have an unpublished Hardy Boys book
Post by: MacGyver on January 30, 2011, 08:08:30 PM
Yeah, unfortunately that's probably all it is. I had a similar scenario with the Saved By the Bell book series. (Yes, there was a 22 book series based on the show- the high school version, that is. There were also 4 books based on the Saved By the Bell: The College Years show and 10 books based on Saved By the Bell: The New Class. These were all original stories and there was also a novelization of the Saved By the Bell: Wedding in Las Vegas TV-movie.) And me, being a big fan of Saved By the Bell in general, I've got most all of them except for the SBTB:TNC books- I've got one and I might pick up the others if I ever run across them.
     Anyway, for a long time I had heard rumors online that there were 3 other books in the high school series and I even had some proposed titles and ISBNs for them. I had found listings on Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble's site for some of them. I finally actually got in touch with one of the ghostwriters for the series ("Beth Cruise" is listed as the pen name for all of them)- and she was able to confirm for me that the other books were proposed but never got published.
     Okay- so there's some random fandom knowledge for you- lol.
Not meaning to be a downer though. Good work tracking that down, Dinosaur Dan. One never knows- it could be the manuscript for the book? (that is, like an advance copy or something.)
Title: Re: The Library Of Congress might have an unpublished Hardy Boys book
Post by: Hardy Sleuth on February 03, 2012, 01:35:06 AM
Quote from: Dinosaur Dan on January 30, 2011, 02:18:24 PM
http://catalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v3=1&ti=1,1&SEQ=20110130151316&Search_Arg=Jungle%20of%20evil&Search_Code=GKEY^*&CNT=100&type=quick&PID=2-vRSHWO1-kr3uLjD66Wy8t848q&SID=1

Anyone going to Washington anytime soon?

I would love to read that! Nice job finding the information, Dinosaur Dan!  8)
Title: Re: The Library Of Congress might have an unpublished Hardy Boys book
Post by: SDLagent on February 03, 2012, 02:25:48 AM
Quote from: Tomswift2002 on January 30, 2011, 03:20:31 PM
Jungle Of Evil...that was the proposed 7th title to the Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys Be A Detective Mystery Stories series back in 1985.  It's possible that the book had an ISBN assigned to it, just like the lost #86.

I'm thinking the same thing.