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Country
  
United States

Publisher
  
Grosset & Dunlap

Originally published
  
1975

Page count
  
180

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Language
  
English

Publication date
  
1975

Author
  
Carolyn Keene

Genre
  
Children's literature

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Series
  
Nancy Drew Mystery Stories

Media type
  
Print (Hardback & Paperback)

Preceded by
  
A model crime, Mystery of the Glowing Eye

Followed by
  
The Sky Phantom, Trail of Lies

Similar
  
Carolyn Keene books, Nancy Drew Mystery Stories books, Mystery books

The Secret of the Forgotten City is the fifty-second volume in the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories series. It was first published in 1975 under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene. The actual author was ghostwriter Harriet Stratemeyer Adams.

Gold! There are rumors that long ago a treasure was hidden in a city now buried under the Nevada desert . Nancy and her friends plan to join a dig sponsored by two colleges to hunt for the gold . Before she starts,the young sleuth receives an ancient stone tablet with petroglyphs on it . With this amazing clue, however, come a threat to and danger from a thief who also wants the treasure.

One harrowing adventure after another besets Nancy, George, Bess, Ned, Burt, and Dave in 102 degrees temperatures as they pursue Nancy's hunches above and below ground. They are assisted by a fine Indian woman and a young geology student, but both are unwilling participants in a strange plot. In the end Nancy and Ned nearly lose their lives, just after she has discovered the priceless hidden treasure of gold.

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