When their dad requests their help, Frank and Joe Hardy are only too happy to jump on a plane to Montana. There are variations on the pattern of course and don't get me wrong I'm not knocking the familiar tropes of the series, that's what made these books fun to read. Franklin w. Dixon was of course a syndicate name. The Hardy Boys Wiki is a FANDOM Books Community. They get caught up in the mist of Big Al and his gang who want the Hardy boys and their father out of the way of their plans. Cover: Rudy Nappi, yellow and red yet again. This article is a stub. Then a random man shows up looking for the Hardys because they inquired about him concerning their father's case. The Hardy boys Hunting for Hidden Gold quiz. The story took place at Lucky Lode, Montana. The main Problem in Hunting for Hidden Gold is that there is a gang that is looking for some hidden gold that was hidden after a plane crash. This is a story outside Bayport, and so it’s Frank and Joe doing it by themselves. Not the best out of the series, skip it if you can. If these books weren't so quick to read, I don't know if I would continue reading them. In the beginning of the book, the Hardy Family hears that Fenton, the dad was on a trip to Montana. Also possible spoiler but I don't want to mark it as such bc it's early so. They go to the village of Lucky Lode and find a mystery connected to a man they saved, who had been shot by careless hunters in the beginning of the book. Also, keep your enemies close. Definately one of the best, no Hardy Boys fan should miss this one. Refresh and try again. In the book, the Hardy brothers Joe and Frank get caught in one of their father's cases and end up risking their and their father's lives. They were chased on horseback, had to find their way through dark caves, fell into icy water and many more trials as they searched for Big Al, leader of the gang Mr. Hardy was after. Plot: Fenton is in Montana on a case when he cracks his ribs and calls for his sons to fly out and take over the case. How Fenton Hardy ever become on of the best known, well respected detectives in the US, I will never know. Not specified. The face! Like they're teenagers. The book is very exciting, as quite often Frank and Joe are chasing, or being chased by, the criminals. The man they saved had his gold stolen; when he was in Lucky Lode mining, he suspected one of his partners who was trying to save the gold had disappeared. He is forever getting sick, injured, captured and usually disappears not too far into each book. In the old Montana mining camp of Lucky Lode, the young detectives puzzle over a series of mysterious events. Full Book Notes and Study Guides Not knowing who to trus. Who booby-trapped the helicopter which flew the young detectives to the ghost town? ), the resources below will generally offer Hunting for Hidden Gold chapter summaries, quotes, and analysis of themes, characters, and symbols. Ok I liked the whole book lol! Fenton Hardy is on the trail of a gang of thieves, but before they leave, Frank and Joe also hear about some gold that’s been lost in the area for years. The man they saved had his gold stolen; when he was in Lucky Lode mining, he suspected one of his partners who was trying to save the gold had disappeared. This list is incomplete, you can help The Hardy Boys Wiki by expanding it. A better than average Hardy Boys mystery. They found a small man... Get Hardy Boys Hunt for Hidden Gold from Amazon.com. Hardy Boys: Hunting for Hidden Gold By: Franklin w. Dixon. Then a random man shows up looking for the Hardys because they inquired about him concerning their father's case. You can help The Hardy Boys Wiki by expanding it. Such as, that you need to choose your friends carefully. At the beginning, Frank and Joe Hardy are renting a cabin with their friends. The story is corny and it's built around a rather implausible twist, but so what? and was like I work with your dad here's not a convincing fact, and they were like cool sounds legit. They heard a big crash and then the wind really picked up, they couldn't even see. The plot concerns the theft of gold from a mining camp in Montana. Their dad could've been more involved but the writer was like "eh, never mind". "Publisher's Weekly's All-Time Bestselling Children's Book List", "Who Wrote the Hardy Boys? The gang is wanted and so Mr. Hardy went after them in Lucky Lode and he got bucked off of his horse, breaking his ribs. Eerie blue lights flash from the hilltop cemetery in the dark of night. Setting: Lucky Lode, Montana. The hardy boys father would either disappear working on a case or go off to work a case, the boys would get involved in a curious but not terribly threatening mystery in which they and their friends would regularly be captured, escape, repeat as needed. Like I thought that, like Nancy, they stumbled onto mysteries, but no their dad calls them out to them when he's already been injured in the process?? As Frank and Joe go throughout caves and mines they have various run-ins with a gang that has hidden mysterious gold in these caves. Many years before Mike Onslow along with Bart Dawson and the Coulson brothers struck it rich finding a vein of gold. His sons Frank and Joe pick up the pieces of the mystery, battle the bad guys, find dad, solve the mystery and save dad. This particular installment has Fenton injured and laid up in some old-timer's cabin for the entire story while his sons nearly die a few times. I didn't care for the "Wild West" setting, nor the random snow that seemed to be consistent and was always threatening their lives. I would recommend this book to any reader that likes a good mystery. Strange men arrange a meeting at Shadow the Bear. Where’s Fenton This Time? Where are the police? I didn't care for the "Wild West" setting, nor the random snow that seemed to be consistent and was always threatening their lives. As Frank and Joe go throughout caves and mines they have various run-ins with a gang that has hidden mysterious gold in these caves. Welcome back. Their father Fenton is out there too, but has been injured in a fall from a horse. But one of the strengths is that this could be a nice introduction to kids of cowboy motifs. Fun to read but after you hit the other high adventures of Fenton's sons. But I prefer Bayport stories with all of the chums, and Gertrude making pie. My father read them during the fifties, they started during the forties and. June 2003 Who was Big Al known as when he tried to get the gold the first time 25 years ago? Why I really like the Hardy boys so much is it appeals to me in the way they work together to solve complicated mysteries and just the mysteries themselves. Franklin W. Dixon is a great author for kids books and mysteries. Although, once I got to the end of the story I didn't want it to end so I was wishing that I would have read slower just so I could've kept reading it. They are constantly getting outrun by Big Al who is the slipperiest, most obnoxious, biggest pain in the behind of an outlaw you will ever read about. Ok this isn't a specific review of the books. He is forever getting sick, injured, captured and usually disappears not too far into each book. They get stuck in a mine and have to race Big Al and his gang through the mine to find the treasure. It is a fast paced, action packed story, for even the people with the shortest of attention spans! Some I remember clearly and I will be specific about those at the end of this part of the review. Among the summaries and analysis available for Hunting for Hidden Gold, there is 1 Short Summary.