Who are the main characters in The Tower Treasure?

Who are the main characters in The Tower Treasure?

Characters

  • Adelia Applegate.
  • Hurd Applegate.
  • Chief Collig.
  • Fenton Hardy.
  • Frank Hardy.
  • Joe Hardy.
  • Laura Hardy.
  • John ”Red” Jackley.

What is the conflict in the tower treasure?

MAIN CONFLICT: The main conflict of this story is that Mr. Applegate’s money and jewels have been stolen. The Hardy boys need to find out who took the money and then they have to find it.

Who wrote the Hardy Boys?

Franklin W. Dixon
David L. Robbins
Hardy Boys/Authors

Why is the Tower Treasure so popular?

Published in 1927, The Tower Treasure is the book that introduced the teenage heroes, Frank and Joe Hardy, and which also began the series that would introduce generations of young boys to the world of crime fiction.

How many copies of the Tower Treasure were sold?

The Tower Treasure is the first volume in the original The Hardy Boys Mystery Stories published by Grosset & Dunlap. The book ranks 55th on Publishers Weekly’s All-Time Bestselling Children’s Book List for the United States, with 2,209,774 copies sold as of 2001.

Who is responsible for the robbery of the Tower Mansion?

The excitement of finding Queen is quickly gone when it is reported that there has been a robbery of forty thousand dollars in securities and jewels from the Tower Mansion owned by siblings Hurd Applegate and Adelia Applegate. Hurd Applegate is convinced that the Tower’s caretaker, Henry Robinson, is the guilty party.

What was the name of Mickey Mouse’s Tower Treasure?

The Tower Treasure became the basis of a serial shown on the Mickey Mouse Club in 1956–1957 as “The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure”, named for the descendant of the pirate who was searching for the priceless treasure. The introduction, which was sung by Thurl Ravenscroft, was as follows, Gold Doubloons and Pieces of Eight,