T.ATOZ BOOT 22
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FILENAME(S): T.ATOZ BOOT 22
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... A L P H A B E T F I L L - I N..
BY BARBARA SCHULAK... BARBARA
ALWAYS SENDS A PUZZLE FOR.YOUR PRINTER
ALONG WITH HER MONTHLY.PUZZLE PAGE PROGR
AM. SINCE IT ALWAYS.HAS INSTRUCTIONS BU
ILT-IN, I'M OFTEN.AT A LOSS AS TO WHAT T
O SAY ABOUT IT..THIS IS ONE OF THOSE TIM
ES SO I WILL.CONTINUE THE RANT ABOUT JUV
ENILE.SERIES BOOKS THAT BEGAN IN THE.REA
D IT FOR PUZZLE PAGE... ALL OF US PAS
T THE AGE OF 40 GREW.UP READING BOOKS BY
THE STRATEMEYER.SYNDICATE, JUST ABOUT A
LL OF WHICH.WERE PLOTTED BY EDWARD STRAT
EMEYER.HIMSELF. WE THOUGHT WE WERE READ
ING.THE WORDS OF FRANKLIN W. DIXON (HARD
Y.BOYS), CAROLYN KEENE (NANCY DREW),.VIC
TOR APPLETON (TOM SWIFT) OR ROY.ROCKWOOD
(BOMBA THE JUNGLE BOY), BUT.THESE FAMOU
S PEOPLE NEVER EXISTED..NUMEROUS AUTHORS
WERE CONTRACTED BY.THE STRATEMEYER SYND
ICATE TO FLESH.OUT THE OUTLINES THAT EDW
ARD AND HIS.DAUGHTER WOULD WRITE. EACH
AUTHOR.HAD TO SIGN A CONTRACT VOWING NEV
ER.TO REVEAL THAT HE (OR SHE) ACTUALLY.W
ROTE THE BOOKS... FOR INSTANCE, LESLI
E MACFARLANE,.WHO WAS ALREADY A FAIRLY S
UCCESSFUL.AUTHOR, WAS CONTACTED BY EDWAR
D.STRATEMEYER IN 1926 AND ASKED TO.WRITE
THE FIRST THREE HARDY BOYS.MYSTERIES.
HE WAS PAID $125 FOR EACH.ONE, WHICH WAS
NOT A BAD FIGURE FOR.1926, BUT IS CLOSE
TO CRIMINAL WHEN.YOU CONSIDER HOW MANY
MILLIONS THE.STRATEMEYER SYNDICATE HAS M
ADE ON.THESE THREE BOOKS OVER THE PAST 7
0.YEARS. STRATEMEYER PAID NO.ROYALTIES.
.. MACFARLANE, IN HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY."
THE GHOST OF THE HARDY BOYS",.TORONTO ME
THUEN, 1976, TELLS HOW HE.WAS TOLD TO FO
LLOW THE PLOT AND MAKE.IT MORE THAN 210
PAGES BUT LESS THAN.220. STRATEMEYER DID
N'T CARE ABOUT.THE QUALITY OF THE WRITIN
G -- IN.FACT, HE PREFERRED THAT THEY KEE
P THE.SAME TURGID STYLE THAT HE AND HORA
TIO.ALGER HAD INTRODUCED IN THE 1890S.WI
TH THEIR BOOKS FOR JUVENILES..LUCKILY FO
R ALL OF US, MACFARLANE.DECIDED THAT EVE
N THOUGH HE WAS ONLY.GETTING A FLAT $125
AND WOULD NEVER.BE KNOWN AS THE TRUE AU
THOR, HE WAS.STILL GOING TO DO A GOOD JO
B. AND HE.DID. MOST OF THE HARD BOYS B
OOKS.THAT HE WROTE ARE WELL-WRITTEN...
WHEN EDWARD STRATEMEYER DIED,.MACFARLA
NE, WHO HAD QUIT WRITING LONG.BEFORE, DE
CIDED TO COME CLEAN WITH.THE STORY, EVEN
THOUGH HE WAS.TECHNICALLY BOUND BY THE
CONTRACTS HE.AND EVERY OTHER STRATEMEYER
AUTHOR.HAD SIGNED... THE HUNT FOR TH
E REAL CAROLYN.KEENE IS STILL UP IN THE
AIR..SEVERAL PEOPLE CLAIM TO HAVE WRITTE
N.THEM BUT THERE'S LITTLE CONSENSUS ON.T
HE REAL STORY -- AS FAR AS I KNOW...
THE FACT THAT MANY OF THE.STRATEMEYER BO
OKS ARE POORLY PLOTTED.AND WRITTEN IS JU
ST A SMALL PART OF.THE STRATEMEYER SCAND
AL, THOUGH..EVEN THE FACT THAT A LOT OF
RACIAL.STEREOTYPING AND XENOPHOBIA EXIST
ED.IN THE ORIGINAL BOOKS DOESN'T SEEM TO
.BOTHER MODERN CRITICS. AFTER ALL,.THE
UNITED STATES WAS A RACIALLY.BIGOTED NAT
ION BACK THEN. WE.FEARED ANYONE AND ANY
THING THAT.WASN'T WHITEBREAD AMERICAN..P
RACTICALLY EVERY NANCY DREW VILLAIN.WAS
"DARK SKINNED" AND "FOREIGN-.LOOKING"...
THE REAL SCANDAL IS THAT AROUND.1960
THE STRATEMEYER SYNDICATE.DECIDED TO "D
UMB DOWN" THE HARDY BOYS.AND NANCY DREW
BOOKS. THEY GOT RID.OF THE RACIAL STERE
OTYPING (AS IF.THAT WOULD DO ANY GOOD) A
ND CUT EACH.BOOK DOWN TO A MORE PROFITAB
LE 170.PAGES. THEY TOOK OUT ANY LONG WO
RDS.("KIDS OF TODAY ARE STUPIDER THAN.TH
EY USED TO BE") AND PUT FRANK AND.JOE HA
RDY IN A ROCK BAND. THEY.REMOVED ANY SE
NSE OF HUMOR THE.ORIGINAL VERSIONS MIGHT
HAVE HAD..INSTEAD OF BATTLING COUNTERFE
ITERS.AND SMUGGLERS, THEY NOW CARRY UZIS
.AND REGULARLY SHOOT MURDERERS... IN
OTHER WORDS, THEY DESTROYED.ANY HISTORIC
AL RELEVANCE THESE BOOKS.EVER HAD. BUT
THAT WAS PART OF THEIR.CHARM! WHEN I RE
AD THE HARDY BOYS IN.1955 I KNEW THAT TH
EY WERE DATED..THERE WERE NO MORE "ROADS
TERS" AND WE.DIDN'T HAVE "CHUMS", BUT TH
AT WAS ONE.OF THE THINGS ABOUT THESE BOO
KS THAT.MADE THEM FUN. IT MADE ME, AS A
.10-YEAR-OLD, THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT.
MY GRANDPARENTS PROBABLY READ THESE.VERY
SAME BOOKS WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG,.WHEN T
HERE WERE REAL ROADSTERS.SPEEDING ALONG
AT THE BREATHTAKING.SPEED OF 35 MILES PE
R HOUR!.. IF YOU WANT TO BE DISAPPOIN
TED,.TRY READING ONE OF THE CURRENT.BLUE
-COVERED HARDY BOYS BOOKS..LUCKILY, THER
E ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO.REFUSE TO LET THE
ORIGINAL STORIES.DIE. THANKS TO THE MYS
TERY AND.ADVENTURE SERIES REVIEW AND THE
.YELLOWBACK LIBRARY (DETAILED IN THE.REA
D IT FOR PUZZLE PAGE), NEWS ABOUT.THESE
BOOKS IS STILL AVAILABLE. IF.YOU WANT A
COMPLETE COLLECTION OF THE.ORIGINAL, BR
OWN-COVERED HARDY BOYS.BOOKS, YOU CAN PR
OBABLY HAVE ONE FOR.ABOUT $5 TO $10 A BO
OK BY WRITING TO.THE PEOPLE WHO ADVERTIS
E IN THESE.MAGAZINES... COMPUTERS ARE
SUPPOSED TO FREE US.FROM CERTAIN TYPES
OF WORK AND GIVE.US MORE FREE TIME. HAH
! WE ALL KNOW.THAT ISN'T TRUE, BUT YOU
MIGHT.CONSIDER, FOR A LARK, BOOTING UP T
HE.WRITE STUFF AND WRITING TO THE PEOPLE
.WHOSE ADDRESSES ARE IN THE PREVIOUS.ART
ICLE. OR BETTER YET, CHECK OUT.THE LOCA
L USED BOOKSTORE TO SEE IF.YOU CAN'T FIN
D AN OLD BOOK YOU READ.WHEN YOU WERE A T
AD. THEN READ IT.AGAIN. YOU MAY BE PLE
ASANTLY.SURPRISED BY THE FEELING YOU GET
... IF YOU'VE READ THIS FAR I HOPE.YO
U'VE ENJOYED MY LITTLE EXCURSION IN.NOST
ALGIA. I PROMISE MY LATEST KICK.WON'T K
EEP ME FROM MY JOB OF PUTTING.LOADSTAR T
OGETHER EVERY MONTH. BUT.DON'T BE SURPR
ISED IF KNEES CALHOON.COMES UP WITH SOME
RIDICULOUS.CHALLENGE INVOLVING CHUMS IN
.ROADSTERS CHASING FOREIGN-LOOKING.COUNT
ERFEITERS. CALHOON'S CHUM.CHALLENGE. H
MMMMM...FT.. \\\\ R- RUN RETURN - ME
NU \\\\.
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