Type of bind: Hardcover
EAN num: 9780001605510
Format: Import
ISBN number: 0001605518
Label: Collins
Manufacturer: Collins
Page Count: 153
Printing Date: June 16, 1980
Publishing house: Collins
Studio: Collins
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Good transaction and prompt shipping. I purchased 8 of the series of these Hardy Boy books as a gift for a friend. I have not actually seen them, but I know the friend is pleased. I am not going to individually rate every book; it would be the same rating for all of them.
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THIS REVIEW IS FOR THE APPLEWOOD EDITION WITH THE "MAN GOING OUT A WINDOW" ON THE BOOK COVER. Not the Grosset & Dunlap edition with the picture of the boys in their boat by a light house!
While I generally prefer the original texts over the re-written books of the 1960's, this one is an exception. This early text edition dwells on the deep-sea diving craze of the late 1930's. Not Scuba-diving (scuba tanks were not yet in use), but diving with an airhose attached to a pump on the boat.
The bottom line is that there is almost no mystery to this book, it is a dated adventure book about diving. If you have an interest in diving you will enjoy this trip back in time. If you enjoy a good mystery you will have trouble getting through this.
The revised text of the 1960's is MUCH MUCH BETTER! One of the few improvements made when the books were re-written.
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Just like the last Hardy Boys book, "A Figure in Hiding," this book is somewhat less thrilling than the others. This time the Hardys are seeking the golden head of Pharaoh Rhamaton IV, which was supposedly on board a sunken freighter, the Katawa. The Hardy Boys journey to nearby Whalebone Island where they receive the "secret warning." However, secret warning seems to be an oxymoron as the warning is received from a lighthouse. The sender of the warning did not want to be known at that time, but he wanted the Hardys to see the warning.
As the story proceeds the boys encounter a rather suspicious group of sailors on a salvage ship operating near where the Katawa sank. The Hardys believe the salvage ship might be attempting to recover the head from the Katawa. Later the Hardy boys discover even more suspicious evidence on the Katawa itself.
Later the boys discover that there is a sunken U-boat (a World War II German submarine) near where the Katawa sank. The boys also discover they have allies from an unexpected place.
As with most Hardy Boys books, there are questions galore. Who is the ghost of the pirate on Whalebone Island? What is the significance of the U-boat? Where is the golden pharaoh's head? Who is trying to warn the Hardys to stay away from Whalebone Island? The answer to these and many other questions are revealed as the pages of this mystery unfold.
This story is another story that has less excitement than many of the other early books in this series. I was somewhat jaded by this point and knew immediately that the ghost was a man, and was just a little bored with the author's shallow deceptions in this book. I am still happy that I read the book, but it is one of the weaker entries in this series.
Though the Hardy Boys series is written in a relatively archaic fashion, as reading material for an increasingly younger audience they are excellent. The stories were once recommended for children ages 10 to 14. As children are exposed to more violence and seem to require greater levels of stimulation, the recommended age range has move to 9 to 12. I think any child capable of reading some of the challenging words in these books will enjoy them, regardless of how tame most of the action may be. Once a child has reached age 12 or so the stories may be of less interest, but given the combination of mystery and action, these books remain good safe choices for parents who want to know what their children are reading.
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This review concerns the revised 1966 edition. Frank and Joe help their father investigate for a shipping line which suspects that the owner of a valuable Egyptian treasure is trying to defraud their insurance company by claiming that the treasure was aboard their freighter, the Katawa, when it sank off Whalebone Island near Bayport. Also, Frank and Joe are haunted by the ghost of a pirate said to have haunted Whalebone Island years ago. This book sounds like it shouldn't be bad, but for whatever reason I never found that I was very interested in it. Very few of the chapter endings left me with the feeling that I had to read more. That said, for anyone who is going to read this title, read the revised edition because it is better than the original, which completely lacked a mystery and was really nothing more than an adventure story.
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THIS STORY IS A PRETTY GOOD ONE IN THE SERIES. IT BASICALLY BEGINS WHEN THE HARDYS GET A NO NAMER THREAT FROM EGYPT, THEN THEY SEE A GHOST OF A PIRATE FROM THE 18TH CENTURY THAT APPARENTLY HAS HAUNTED WHALEBONE ISLAND YEARS AGO HAS NOW RE-APPEARED. THE OWNER OF THE GOLD HEAD OF PHAROAH RHAMATON 4 LOST THIS HEAD ON THE SHIP AND THEN THE SHIP SANK. THEY HARDYS INVESTIGATE THIS MATTER AND IN DOING SO ALMOST GET BLOWN UP. THEIR FATHER, DET. FENTON HARDY. GETS HIS BUTT KICKED AT LEAST 2 TIMES IN THIS STORY. THAT'S WHAT ESPECIALLY LIKE ABOUT THIS BOOK. JUST READ THE BOOK I AM NOT GOING TO EXPLAIN IT ALL TO YOU!! IT HAS A GREAT STORY LINE THAT MAKES YOU WANT TO KEEP READING. I READ THE WHOLE BOOK IN 1 DAY! EVEN SHORTER!! BUY THE BOOK!! YOU WON'T BE SORRY
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