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Originally Posted by SilentKnight
My uncle had collected every one of the Hardy Boys detective books - and he passed them down to me when I was a kid. There was around 50 in the series at the time. They really hooked me on reading back then...read all of 'em...many of them twice.
It wasn't until years later I found out the author Leslie McFarlane (writing under the pseudonym Franklin W. Dixon)...was a fellow Canuck. Always thought that was way cool.
Still recall the first one I read:
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Oh! My grandmother had kept all of my uncle's books from his childhood, so when I visited, I would read them. I got to keep a few. The House on the Cliff was my favourite. I also got a bit into Nancy Drew (thanks Mom) but she was a bit lame compared to the Boys. Trixie Belden was kickass, though.
