The Secret of Wildcat Swamp (The Hardy Boys Mystery Stories Book 31)

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1952. Reprint. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 7x5x0. Gretta, J. Clemens; Gillies, Bill. Carpentieri 1956B-9. Very good in fair jacket. Jacket edges rubbed with several chips and tears, ink owner stamp on half-title page. 1952 Hard Cover. 214 pp. 8vo. #31 in The Hardy Boys Mystery series. Light brown tweed boards dark brown titles, orange Gretta endpapers, Bill Gillies jacket art. An invitation from Cap Bailey, science teacher at Bayport High, to accompany him out West to Wildcat Swamp on an archaeological expedition triggers off a series of dangerous events for Frank and Joe Hardy. On their way West the boys and Cap have a near-fatal accident in a private plane which has been sabotaged. Though warned to leave the area, Frank, Joe, and Cap doggedly remain until they have caught the cunning ex-convicts they are up against in this swift-paced adventure.