At last, the Hardy Boys get an episode all their own! Episode 309 takes a deep dive into the first book in the series—The Tower Treasure—as well as the bestselling franchise as a whole... and the conversation is juicy! Launched in the 1920s, the Hardy Boys prompts discussion about gendered book marketing, racism, white saviorism, letting boys be boys, virtuous poverty, Nancy Drew, the interchangeability of the Hardy brothers, nepotism, obstruction of justice, portrayals of law enforcement, and depictions of women.

Christina Cooke is the author of Broughtupsy. Follow her on Instagram @christina.j.cooke.

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MORE READING:

"Book Review: The Tower Treasure (1927) and The Tower Treasure (1959) by Franklin W. Dixon" (Read-At-Home Mom, 2017)

"I read all 190 Hardy Boys books" (Reddit, 2023)

"In Which I Read My First Hardy Boys Mystery" (Pages Unbound, 2022)

"Reading Through the Hardy Boys Mysteries (Books 1-10)" (Pages Unbound, 2023)

"1: The Tower Treasure" (Hardy Boys Book Reviews, 2013)

"The Hardy Boys have not aged well" (Reddit, 2024)

"The Hardy Boys: Comparing Hulu's Show to the Classic Book Series" (Den of Geek, 2020)

"The Knotty Nostalgia of the Hardy Boys Series" (The Atlantic, 2019)

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