House on the Point

Hoff, Benjamin, Illustrated by Shepard, Ernest H.

ISBN 10: 0312301081 / ISBN 13: 9780312301088

Published by St. Martin's Minotaur, New York, 2002

About this Item

A tribute to Franklin W. Dixon and The Hardy Boys Series, a reshaping of "The House on the Cliff," by the author of "The Tao of Pooh." 263 pages.; 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 " Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket.

Seller Inventory # 40551

Bibliographic Details

• Title: House on the Point
• Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur, New York
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0312301081
• ISBN 13: 9780312301088
• Binding: Hardcover
• Seller catalogs:
  • Childrens

About this title

Synopsis

In 1982, Benjamin Hoff published The Tao of Pooh, a plainspoken yet startling and complex take on A.A. Milne's Winnie The Pooh stories. Hoff's keen insights propelled the book, and its sequel, The Te of Piglet to total sales of over 2.5 million copies. Now Hoff has turned to another childhood classic, Franklin W. Dixon's beloved Hardy Boys mysteries, and created The House on the Point.

As a child, Hoff loved the Hardy Boys; they were the books that hooked him on his lifelong love of reading. Recently, he revisited The House on the Cliff, one of the classic early Hardy Boys mysteries, and decided to reshape it for readers of all ages. Hoff sets this recast story, now entitled The House on the Point, in 1947, when the Swing Era was giving way to the Baby Boom, and gives it a plot involving a post-war smuggling racket, a young newcomer to town who may have something to hide, and a police chief who's in no hurry to investigate. And he does so with a greater attention to detail, more fully developed characters, and a modern ear for dialogue.

Publishing in conjunction with the 75th anniversary of the first Hardy Boys mystery, The House on the Point is a book for those who haven't yet made the acquaintance of the Hardy Boys and those who haven't "grown up" and left their adventures behind.

About the Author

A former investigative reporter and lifelong reader of mystery fact and fiction, Benjamin Hoff is the author of the international best sellers The Tao of Pooh and The Te of Piglet, and the American Book Award-winning biography The Singing Creek Where the Willows Grow.