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Footprints Under the Window is Volume 12 in the original The Hardy Boys Mystery Stories published by Grosset & Dunlap. This book was written for the Stratemeyer Syndicate in 1933, purportedly by Leslie McFarlane ; however, the writing style is noticeably different from other books in the series known to have been written by McFarlane. [ 1 ]
Summary Description Top of the world stories for boys and girls.pdf English: Five of these stories were written by the noted Finnish author, Zachris Topelius, who wrote them, and much else, for the children of Finland and Sweden more than fifty years ago.
While driving home the Hardy boys take a shortcut which results in a strange car crash and an encounter with an unfriendly stranger. The next day they are hired by Mr. Allen, the president of Stanwide Mining Equipment Company, under the guise of being factory messengers when in fact they are working undercover to investigate missing shipments of expensive mining equipment containing platinum.
Mr. Dalrymple arrives with the police and Amos falls to his death while trying to escape. The Hardy boys examine the device he was using and solve the mystery of how he managed to deliver the death threats to the secret room, as well as locating the stamps which Mr. Dalrymple's doppelgänger had stolen from Mr. Applegate.
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The Hello Goodbye Window was published to favorable reviews and is recommended for grades Pre K-1. Lisa Von Drasek, a curator of the Children's Literature Research Collections for the University of Minnesota recommended The Hello, Goodbye Window for teachers to read aloud in class, saying that it is a great role model for young children. [ 3 ]
The Hardy boys get a job loading crates aboard the ship but because the crew is so unfriendly and the boys are kept very busy, they don't have a chance to investigate. They instead decide to follow another lead and travel to New York to search for a rare old book.
The men tie them up and gag them, and leave them in a cold train car to freeze. The Hardys manage to escape, and find the cave where Cap and Chet are imprisoned, setting them free. In the climax, the boys are caught once again and tied up, left bound to a rock formation, but are eventually rescued.