Larry Dexter's Great Search; Or, The Hunt for the Missing Millionaire

Larry Dexter's Great Search; Or, The Hunt for the Missing Millionaire

Howard Roger Garis

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Larry Dexter's Great Search; Or, The Hunt for the Missing Millionaire by Howard Roger Garis

Chapter 1 BOOKS FOR BOYS

BY HOWARD R. GARIS

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THE DICK HAMILTON SERIES

DICK HAMILTON'S FORTUNE

Or The Stirring Doings of a Millionaire's Son

DICK HAMILTON'S CADET DAYS

Or The Handicap of a Millionaire's Son

DICK HAMILTON'S STEAM YACHT

Or A Young Millionaire and the Kidnappers

DICK HAMILTON'S FOOTBALL TEAM

Or A Young Millionaire on the Gridiron

(Other volumes in preparation)

12 mo. Cloth. Illustrated.

Price, per volume, 60 cents, postpaid

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THE YOUNG REPORTER SERIES

FROM OFFICE BOY TO REPORTER

Or The First Step in Journalism

LARRY DEXTER, THE YOUNG REPORTER

Or Strange Adventures in a Great City

LARRY DEXTER'S GREAT SEARCH

Or The Hunt for a Missing Millionaire

LARRY DEXTER AND THE BANK MYSTERY

Or A Young Reporter in Wall Street

LARRY DEXTER AND THE STOLEN BOY

Or A Young Reporter on the Lakes

12 mo. Cloth. Illustrated

Price, per volume, 40 cents, postpaid

GROSSET & DUNLAP

PUBLISHERS NEW YORK

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Larry Dexter's Great Search

PREFACE

Dear Boys:

I hope you will be glad to read of the further adventures of Larry Dexter. He has made some progress since you first made his acquaintance in the book "From Office Boy to Reporter." He has also advanced in his chosen profession from the days when he did his first news-gathering for the Leader. In this volume he is sent on a "special assignment," as it is called. He has to find a New York millionaire who has mysteriously disappeared.

How Larry solved the strange secret, I have woven into a story that I trust will be liked by all the boys who read it. I have taken many incidents from real life for this story, using some of my own experiences while a newspaper reporter as a basis for facts.

The things that happened to Larry are not at all out of the ordinary among reporters. The life has many strange surprises in it. If I have been able to set them down in a way that will please you boys, and if you enjoy following the further fortunes of Larry Dexter, I shall feel amply repaid for my efforts on this volume.

Yours sincerely,

HOWARD R. GARIS.

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CONTENTS.

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