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Leslie McFarlane

Charles Leslie McFarlane (October 25, 1902 – September 6, 1977) was a Canadian journalist, novelist, screenwriter, and filmmaker, who is most famous for ghostwriting many of the early books in the very successful Hardy Boys series, using the pseudonym Franklin W. Dixon. source

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Canadian filmmaker and writer

Born 25 October 1902
Died 6 September 1977

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  • Cover of: The Secret of the Old Mill

    Cover of edition secretofoldmill0000dixo Cover of edition secretofoldmill0000unse Cover of edition secretofoldmill00dixo Cover of edition secretofoldmil00fran Cover of edition secretofoldmill0000dixo_p6m9 First published in 1927 — 31 editions
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    First published in 1930 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Ghost of the Hardy Boys

    First published in 1997 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The last of the great picnics

    First published in 1965 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Ghost of the Hardy boys: an autobiography

    First published in 1976 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Leslie McFarlane's Hockey Stories

    First published in 2005 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: McGonigle Scores!

    First published in 1966 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: By the Light of the Study Lamp (Dana Girls Mystery Stories, 1)

    First published in 1934 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Tower Treasure

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  • Cover of: Secret at Lone Tree cottage

    First published in 1934 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Agent of the falcon

    First published in 1975 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Breakaway

    First published in 1976 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The dynamite Flynns

    First published in 1975 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Fire in the North

    First published in 1972 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Haileybury fire: as reported in the Sudbury Star, October 7 & 11, 1922

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Canadian filmmaker and writer

Born 25 October 1902
Died 6 September 1977

Subjects

Children's fiction, Juvenile literature, Reference books, Detective and mystery stories, Fires, History, Adventure, Biography, Brothers -- Juvenile fiction, Canadian Authors, Canadian Hockey stories, Childhood and youth, Children’s, Counterfeits and counterfeiting, Counterfeits and counterfeiting -- Juvenile fiction, Drama, Fiction, Fiction, action & adventure, Fiction, general, Fiction, horror, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Fire, 1922, Frank Hardy (Fictitious character), Haileybury (Ont.), Hardy Boys (Fictitious characters)

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Haileybury (Ont.), Haileybury, Ont Haileybury, Ontario

People

Leslie McFarlane (1902-), Franklin W. Dixon

Time

20th century

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Alternative names

  • Charles Leslie McFarlane
  • Franklin W. Dixon
  • Carolyn Keene
  • Carolyn Keene (pseudonym)

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September 8, 2023 Edited by bitnapper Edited without comment.
September 8, 2023 Edited by bitnapper merge authors
September 6, 2023 Edited by Marla Added pseudonyms
September 6, 2023 Edited by Marla Added new photo
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import