Anyone else have this great spinoff title from the Original Series? I've got the British Collins hardback edition of this book and I love it. I've read it a number of times. I remember attempting to assemble my own survival kit as a kid using this book as a guide. :)
The short stories are fun mini adventures of The Hardy Boys to read- and they also do a good job of illustrating the main survival skills the chapter was focusing on. I don't seem to see this one pop up at used bookstores or anything, but I'm sure you can track it down somewhere online.
Anyway, I ran across this cool portrait version of the US Grossett & Dunlap release cover art for The Hardy Boys Survival Handbook :) 8)
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5076/7074600047_97c5c9d2e5_k.jpg) (http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5076/7074600047_97c5c9d2e5_k.jpg)
I don't have this one...yet, but I definitely want it! ;D It's already on my list of ones I'd like to find/have. Looks and sounds exciting and awesome! 8) That cover art is very cool!!!!!! 8)
The Survival Handbook wasn't out for all that long. From what I've found it only had maybe 1 print run in both hardcover with dustjacket and paperback editions. Most of the dustjacket copies seem to have been purchased by libraries. The Survival Handbook is probably the scarcest Hardy Boys book ever (aside from errors).
Quote from: MacGyver on May 18, 2012, 03:43:14 PM
Anyone else have this great spinoff title from the Original Series? I've got the British Collins hardback edition of this book and I love it. I've read it a number of times. I remember attempting to assemble my own survival kit as a kid using this book as a guide. :)
The short stories are fun mini adventures of The Hardy Boys to read- and they also do a good job of illustrating the main survival skills the chapter was focusing on. I don't seem to see this one pop up at used bookstores or anything, but I'm sure you can track it down somewhere online.
Anyway, I ran across this cool portrait version of the US Grossett & Dunlap release cover art for The Hardy Boys Survival Handbook :) 8)
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5076/7074600047_97c5c9d2e5_k.jpg) (http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5076/7074600047_97c5c9d2e5_k.jpg)
I love that book. ;D
Wow- didn't realize it was that scarce. Thanks for the info, TomSwift2002.
What are the titles of the individual seven stories of survival? :)
Check out the article for the book at the Hardy Boys Wiki since all 8 stories are listed there (the 8th story is an intro story just explaining what should be in a survival kit).
Quote from: Tomswift2002 on May 21, 2012, 05:43:16 AM
Check out the article for the book at the Hardy Boys Wiki since all 8 stories are listed there (the 8th story is an intro story just explaining what should be in a survival kit).
Thanks. :) The individual story titles for
The Hardy Boys Handbook will give me some clues to the stories until I get to read them. 8) And cool, a bonus eighth story! ;D
The eighth story just takes place at the Hardy's home while they are packing their survival gear.
Quote from: Tomswift2002 on May 22, 2012, 08:48:03 PM
The eighth story just takes place at the Hardy's home while they are packing their survival gear.
That should be fun to read, too! 8)
Took some time this morning and took some pics of the pages from the Handbook. Here (http://s1139.photobucket.com/albums/n554/PsychoGeek917/Books/Hardy%20Boys/Survival%20Guide/) is chapter 1. I'll upload chapter 2 when I get a chance. :)
That's cool that you have a copy- I looked around some on Amazon.com and it seems like this title can be fairly expensive... I take it this is the American Grossett & Dunlap release you have?
Quote from: MacGyver on May 25, 2012, 01:08:21 PM
That's cool that you have a copy- I looked around some on Amazon.com and it seems like this title can be fairly expensive... I take it this is the American Grossett & Dunlap release you have?
It says it's made by Wanderer.
Yeah- that's the one I was talking about. Wanderer is the imprint, but Simon & Schuster is the publisher. That's what I should have said earlier- the book was released in 1980, so S&S would have had control of the series at that point. (Grossett & Dunlap lost the rights to them in a court battle in 1979.)
Quote from: MacGyver on May 25, 2012, 01:43:40 PM
Yeah- that's the one I was talking about. Wanderer is the imprint, but Simon & Schuster is the publisher. That's what I should have said earlier- the book was released in 1980, so S&S would have had control of the series at that point. (Grossett & Dunlap lost the rights to them in a court battle in 1979.)
Okay. :) I get confused sometimes. lol
Quote from: AlwaysAJoefan on May 25, 2012, 01:04:25 PM
Took some time this morning and took some pics of the pages from the Handbook. Here (http://s1139.photobucket.com/albums/n554/PsychoGeek917/Books/Hardy%20Boys/Survival%20Guide/) is chapter 1. I'll upload chapter 2 when I get a chance. :)
Oh, wow, so cool! ;D Thanks, Kristy! 8) The book looks really good! 8)
Quote from: Hardy Sleuth on May 29, 2012, 07:04:49 PM
Oh, wow, so cool! ;D Thanks, Kristy! 8) The book looks really good! 8)
I'll try to get a couple more chapters up by the weekend. :D
Very cool! ;D
Quote from: MacGyver on May 25, 2012, 01:43:40 PM
Yeah- that's the one I was talking about. Wanderer is the imprint, but Simon & Schuster is the publisher. That's what I should have said earlier- the book was released in 1980, so S&S would have had control of the series at that point. (Grossett & Dunlap lost the rights to them in a court battle in 1979.)
Actually in 1980 the Stratemeyer Syndicate was still in control of the series. All that Simon & Schuster had at the time were the publishing-distribution rights.
Thanks for the further clarification- that's what I was trying to convey regarding the new publisher.