Armchair Fiction presents the original Hardy Boys stories. In this, Franklin W. Dixon’s “The Great Airport Mystery,” Frank and Joe Hardy are framed for a mail robbery by a disgruntled pilot. After being bailed out of jail they set out to clear their names. There’s lots of vintage Hardy Boys excitement along the way and the boys soon stumble upon a gang’s elaborate plan for an airmail robbery. Can they stop it in time? Considered by many historians as one of the best of the early Hardy Boys tales. A terrific early Hardys tale. Armchair fiction is proud to offer the first nine volumes of the Hardy Boys series: “The Tower Treasure,” “The House on the Cliff,” “The Secret of the Old Mill,” “The Missing Chums,” “Hunting for Hidden Gold,” “The Shore Road Mystery,” “The Secret of the Caves,” “The Mystery of Cabin Island,” and “The Great Airport Mystery, all written from 1927 through 1930. All nine volumes feature both the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s cover illustrations, as well as the black and white interior illustrations by Walter S. Rogers and Arthur O. Scott. These beloved original stories were abandoned by Grosset and Dunlap starting in 1959 when it was decided to rewrite and update all of their early Hardy Boys stories. However, many Hardys scholars feel that these updated editions lacked the charm and excitement of the originals. Gone were roadsters and touring cars and much of the cultural flavor of those early days. The original author, Leslie McFarlane (writing as Franklin W. Dixon), filled these initial Hardy Boys tales with an irrepressible sense of mystery and excitement. So join Frank and Joe in their original adventures as they pursue a myriad of crooks and solve nail-biting mysteries, all the while fighting for justice and the traditional American way of life.