The Twisted Claw
Original edition | |
| Author | Franklin W. Dixon |
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| Language | English |
| Series | The Hardy Boys |
| Genre | Detective, mystery |
| Publisher | Grosset & Dunlap |
Publication date | March 1, 1939 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 172 pp |
| Preceded by | The Secret Warning |
| Followed by | The Disappearing Floor |
The Twisted Claw is Volume 18 in the original The Hardy Boys Mystery Stories published by Grosset & Dunlap.
This book was written for the Stratemeyer Syndicate by John Button in 1939. Between 1959 and 1973 the first 38 volumes of this series were systematically revised as part of a project directed by Harriet Adams, Edward Stratemeyer's daughter. The original version of this book was rewritten in 1969 by Tom Mulvey resulting in two different stories with the same title.
Because of Dr. John Button's death in 1967 (Canadian Copyright for "Works for Hire" uses the author's life plus 50 years for term length), The Twisted Claw (1939) entered the Canadian Public Domain on January 1, 2017.