The Secret of the Lost Tunnel

The Secret of the Lost Tunnel is Volume 29 in the original The Hardy Boys Mystery Stories published by Grosset & Dunlap.

The Secret of the Lost Tunnel
Original edition
AuthorFranklin W. Dixon
LanguageEnglish
SeriesThe Hardy Boys
GenreDetective, mystery
PublisherGrosset & Dunlap
Publication date
January 1, 1950
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages174 pp
Preceded byThe Sign of the Crooked Arrow 
Followed byThe Wailing Siren Mystery 

This book was written for the Stratemeyer Syndicate by Andrew E. Svenson in 1950.[1] Between 1959 and 1973 the first 38 volumes of this series were systematically revised as part of a project directed by Harriet Adams, Edward Stratemeyer's daughter.[2] The original version of this book was shortened in 1968[1] resulting in two different stories with the same title.

Plot summary

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The Hardy Boys travel with Brigadier General Jack Smith to a historic Civil War battlefield in the Deep South. Rocky Run Battlefield (near the town of Centerville in an unnamed state) is the center of a legend involving a Confederate general who was disgraced due to his alleged involvement with the theft of gold from a bank. Smith seeks to vindicate the long-dead officer. And a living officer

References

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  1. ^ a b Keeline, James D. "Who Wrote the Hardy Boys? Secrets from the Syndicate Files Revealed" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Hardy Boys Online".