The Viking Symbol Mystery

The Viking Symbol Mystery

Original edition
Author	Franklin W. Dixon
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	The Hardy Boys
Genre	Detective, mystery
Publisher	Grosset & Dunlap
Publication date	1963
Media type	Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages	175 pp
ISBN	978-0-448-08942-3
Preceded by	The Clue of the Screeching Owl
Followed by	The Mystery of the Aztec Warrior

The Viking Symbol Mystery is Volume 42 in the original The Hardy Boys Mystery Stories published by Grosset & Dunlap. ^[1]

This book was written for the Stratemeyer Syndicate by Alistair M. Hunter in 1963. ^[2]

Plot summary

The Hardy Boys and Chet Morton travel to Canada's Northwest Territories to recover a stolen Viking artifact (a runestone). They also smash a group of thieves robbing recreational lodges around the Great Slave Lake. They visit Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; Edmonton, Alberta; Fort Smith, Northwest Territories; Wood Buffalo National Park; and Hay River.

References

1. The Viking Symbol Mystery at WorldCat
2. Keeline, James D. "Who Wrote the Hardy Boys? Secrets from the Syndicate Files Revealed" (PDF).

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