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Street and Smith Corporation
Pub. Date
2023
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Nick Carter is a fictional character who began as a dime novel private detective in 1886 and has appeared in a variety of formats over more than a century. The character was first conceived by Ormond G. Smith and created by John R. Coryell. Carter headlined his own magazine for years, and was then part of a long-running series of novels from 1964 to 1990. Films were created based on Carter in France, Czechoslovakia and Hollywood. Nick Carter has also...
Author
Publisher
Street and Smith Corporation
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Nick Carter is a fictional character who began as a dime novel private detective in 1886 and has appeared in a variety of formats over more than a century. The character was first conceived by Ormond G. Smith and created by John R. Coryell. Carter headlined his own magazine for years, and was then part of a long-running series of novels from 1964 to 1990. Films were created based on Carter in France, Czechoslovakia and Hollywood. Nick Carter has also...
Author
Publisher
STREET & SMITH CORPORATION
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
A Canadian governor's daughter has been kidnapped, documents are missing, a murderous old friend appears, somebody's shooting up a saloon, a preacher falls to his death, an oil company dupes a farmer out of his land, and everybody knows that Nick Carter is on the case!
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Originally published August 8, 1914, here is issue #100 of the famous Nickel Weekly, Nick Carter Stories. This ebook contains the complete contents of the Nickel Weekly, including the Nick Carter novel THE CRYSTAL MAZE, plus parts of 2 serialized novels (THE PERFUME OF MADNESS and THE SYNDICATE OF CRIME) as well as numerous short features.
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American adventure story from "the celebrated stories of Nick Carter's adventures, conceded to be among the best detective tales ever written." Excerpt: ""Mr. Venner, sir?" "Mr. Venner-yes, certainly. You will find him in his private office-that way, sir. The door to the right. Venner is in his private office, Joseph, is he not?" "I don't think so, Mr. Garside, unless he has just returned. I saw him go out some time ago." "Is that so? Wait a moment,...
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Excerpt: "On the shady veranda of an old-fashioned Southern house, on the outskirts of St. Louis, two men in the prime of life were enjoying their cigars one fine morning. One, the younger, with a fair, full face and honest, gray eyes, after a long period of silence, said "To-morrow will decide her fate, Nick. You have worked up a strong case against her, but I am afraid of the jury." "The jury is all right. We have seen to that, John. Conviction...
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Excerpt: "Four men were seated around a camp fire made of old railroad ties, over which a kettle was boiling merrily, where it hung from an improvised crane above the blaze. Around, on the ground, were scattered a various assortment of tin cans, some of which had been hammered more or less straight to serve for plates, and it was evident from the general appearance of things around the camp that a meal had just been disposed of, and that the four...
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