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The smuggler's legacy / Franklin W. Dixon.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Dixon, Franklin W. Hardy Boys adventures ; 25.Publisher: New York : Aladdin, 2023Copyright date: ©2023Edition: First Aladdin editionDescription: 162 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781665912457
  • 1665912456
  • 9781665912464
  • 1665912464
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: "Frank and Joe uncover a century-old mystery buried in a New York City prohibition museum"-- Provided by publisher.Summary: Frank and Joe are on a history club trip to New York City, and their first stop is the Prohibition Museum where they'll hear about how smugglers building getaway vehicles led to the rise of modern stock car racing. During a tour of damp escape tunnels beneath the museum, Frank slips and breaks a wall panel with his elbow, revealing a hidden compartment containing documents from the 1920s! The documents reveal that The Gilded Top Hat--the speakeasy which later became the Prohibition Museum--wasn't actually owned by the Faccini brothers who were arrested for its bootlegging operations. The museum curator is eager to investigate this lead into the speakeasy's history, and never ones to turn down a good case, Frank and Joe volunteer to help out. But before long, someone steals the documents and sends the boys warnings to stop digging into the past. Can Frank and Joe uncover the truth before it's buried for another hundred years--and the boys along with it?
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Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Materials specified Vol info Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's Fiction Fiction Favorites DIXON FRANKLIN Hardy Boys Checked out 06/28/2024 33111011042062
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Fiction Fiction Favorites DIXON FRANKLIN Hardy Boys Available 33111010968242
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A buried secret becomes a big problem for Frank and Joe in the twenty-fifth book in the thrilling Hardy Boys Adventures series.

Frank and Joe are on a history club trip to New York City, and their first stop is the Prohibition Museum where they'll hear about how smugglers building getaway vehicles led to the rise of modern stock car racing. During a tour of damp escape tunnels beneath the museum, Frank slips and breaks a wall panel with his elbow, revealing a hidden compartment containing documents from the 1920s!

The documents reveal that The Gilded Top Hat--the speakeasy which later became the Prohibition Museum--wasn't actually owned by the Faccini brothers who were arrested for its bootlegging operations. The museum curator is eager to investigate this lead into the speakeasy's history, and never ones to turn down a good case, Frank and Joe volunteer to help out. But before long, someone steals the documents and sends the boys warnings to stop digging into the past. Can Frank and Joe uncover the truth before it's buried for another hundred years--and the boys along with it?

Ages 8 to 12. Aladdin.

"Frank and Joe uncover a century-old mystery buried in a New York City prohibition museum"-- Provided by publisher.

Frank and Joe are on a history club trip to New York City, and their first stop is the Prohibition Museum where they'll hear about how smugglers building getaway vehicles led to the rise of modern stock car racing. During a tour of damp escape tunnels beneath the museum, Frank slips and breaks a wall panel with his elbow, revealing a hidden compartment containing documents from the 1920s! The documents reveal that The Gilded Top Hat--the speakeasy which later became the Prohibition Museum--wasn't actually owned by the Faccini brothers who were arrested for its bootlegging operations. The museum curator is eager to investigate this lead into the speakeasy's history, and never ones to turn down a good case, Frank and Joe volunteer to help out. But before long, someone steals the documents and sends the boys warnings to stop digging into the past. Can Frank and Joe uncover the truth before it's buried for another hundred years--and the boys along with it?

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