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The Ken Holt Series |
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 The Ken Holt series is an eighteen volume series that was published by Grosset and Dunlap from 1949 through 1963. The series was written by Sam and Beryl Epstein under the pseudonym of Bruce Campbell. Boys' series enthusiasts consider the Ken Holt series to be one of the very best boys' series. The books are praised for their logic and great attention to detail. Ken Holt lives with the Allen family in Brentwood. The Allen family helped Ken locate his father, Richard Holt, after he was kidnapped. Ken and his best friend, Sandy Allen, find themselves involved in a new mystery in each book. |
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These books read like a typical detective-mystery-adventure, and Ken and Sandy are frequently held hostage and threatened at gunpoint by criminals. Their adventures are usually quite harrowing. The first few Ken Holt books are not very hard to find, but acquiring a complete set of the books is rather difficult, since most titles are a bit difficult to find. Volumes 1 through 17 were issued in hardcover with dust jacket. Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 15 were later reprinted in picture cover. Volume 18 was issued in picture cover only. The series was also published in the United Kingdom by World Distributors in hardcover with dust jacket. The books were published in a different order and used the same cover art as the Grosset and Dunlap books except for the addition of a yellow band at the top of the front panel. The books were also published in the United Kingdom in a picture cover edition with different cover art by Redwing Library.
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