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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts) Wed Sep 5, 2018, 05:37 PM Sep 2018

Series similar to The Hardy Boys? (Answered) [View all]

Last edited Thu Sep 6, 2018, 06:12 PM - Edit history (1)

As a kid in the 1950s I read a series of books similar to 'The Hardy Boys';
another boy detective stories.

Can someone please remind me of who they were?

Thanks

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Series similar to The Hardy Boys? (Answered) [View all] left-of-center2012 Sep 2018 OP

There was another teenage brother "detective" series lapfog_1 Sep 2018 #1

I remember (I believe) the Jupiter Jones series, as presented by Alfred Hitchcock. Midnight Writer Sep 2018 #4

yes, that was it... I couldn't remember the name lapfog_1 Sep 2018 #5

I loved those books. Midnight Writer Sep 2018 #6

The Three Investigators, I'm pretty sure. eom. krispos42 Sep 2018 #8

There you go. It's been a long time. Midnight Writer Sep 2018 #9

Encyclopedia Brown? htuttle Sep 2018 #2

All I can think of is "Encyclopedia Brown" but I think that was later. LisaM Sep 2018 #3

Three Investigators? Lithos Sep 2018 #7

And the answer is ... left-of-center2012 Sep 2018 #10