#5 in the Hardy Boys series. I had forgotten how violent they can be. In this entry, the Hardys are chased and shot at by criminals multiple time, nearly drown in an icy river, barely escape being crushed in a mine collapse, fight against a criminal with a gun with shovels, and nearly get devoured by a pack of hungry wolves.
Of course the violence is cartoonish in the sense that no one ever really gets hurt. The bullets never find their mark. When Joe or Frank get cold cocked, they wake up with a bit of headache but never any lasting injury. What's remarkable is how blasé their father Fenton is at his sons getting shot at.
The story is pretty good, standard Hardy.
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