The tower treasure
by Leslie McFarlane · first published 1927
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A dying criminal confesses that his loot has been stored "in the tower." Both towers of the looted mansion are searched in vain. It remains for the Hardy boys to make an astonishing discovery that clears up the mystery and clears the name of a friend’s father.
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> Franklin W. Dixon (pseudonym), The Tower Treasure (the first Hardy Boys book) I loved those books growing up
on “January 1, 2023 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1927 are open to all” ↗…Boys hardcover books from way at the back of the book shelf (behind the Saberhagen Swords books) and sure enough, mine were all from 1959. Here's the inscription from inside th cover of book #1 "The Tower Treasure" (c) Grosset & Dunlap, Inc. 1959 all rights reserved ISBN: 0-448-08901-7 (Trade edition) ISBN: 0-448-18901-1 (Library edition) In this new story, based on the original of the same title,…
on “The Hardy Boys - The final chapter (1998)” ↗…for a glyph to creation impressions in old letterpress books. As a result, my current first application of that is to remaster and re-release the first book of the "Hardy Boys" series from 1927, "The Tower Treasure". To do that, I've constructed a "macrogrammetry rig", which is essentially a 2d x y panning machine using 3d printer parts and stuff from my local hardware store, and a camera with a macro lens, in…
on “Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (January 2026)” ↗