The Viking Symbol Mystery
{{Short description|Book by Franklin W. Dixon}}
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{{Infobox book |
| name = The Viking Symbol Mystery
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| image = The Viking Symbol Mystery.jpg
| caption = Original edition
| author = Franklin W. Dixon
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| country = United States
| language = English
| series = The Hardy Boys
| publisher = Grosset & Dunlap
| release_date = 1963
| media_type = Print (hardback & paperback)
| pages = 175 pp
| isbn = 978-0-448-08942-3
| preceded_by = The Clue of the Screeching Owl
| followed_by = The Mystery of the Aztec Warrior
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The Viking Symbol Mystery is Volume 42 in the original The Hardy Boys Mystery Stories published by Grosset & Dunlap.[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/301818728 The Viking Symbol Mystery] at WorldCat
This book was written for the Stratemeyer Syndicate by Alistair M. Hunter in 1963.{{cite web| last=Keeline| first=James D| title=Who Wrote the Hardy Boys? Secrets from the Syndicate Files Revealed| url=http://www.keeline.com/Hardy_Boys.pdf}}
Plot summary
The Hardy Boys and Chet Morton travel to Canada's Northwest Territories to recover a stolen Viking artifact (a runestone). They also smash a group of thieves robbing recreational lodges around the Great Slave Lake. They visit Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; Edmonton, Alberta; Fort Smith, Northwest Territories; Wood Buffalo National Park; and Hay River.
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