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The Twisted Claw

Volume #18 in the Hardy Boys Canon (1-58) series

Original edition (1939)

  • Ghostwriter: John Button
  • Summary: The boys go undercover on a pirate ship to defeat the "Twisted Claw" smugglers and reveal their island stronghold.

Revised edition (1969)

  • Revision type: Completely rewritten; many plot elements retained. (More about revisions.)
  • Ghostwriter: Tom Mulvey

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Laune,
1939

Leone,
1962

Nappi,
1969