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100 1 _aCarter, Nicholas
_q(House name)
245 1 0 _aNew Nick Carter weekly; No. 28. July 10, 1897; Nick Carter at the track; or, How he became a dead game sport.
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2022
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2022-10-07
508 _aDavid Edwards and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (Northern Illinois University Digital Library)
520 _a"New Nick Carter Weekly; No. 28. July 10, 1897; Nick Carter at the Track" is a fictional detective narrative from the late 19th century. The story features the celebrated detective Nick Carter as he navigates the world of horse racing and gambling to confront a conspiracy aimed at sabotaging a prized racehorse named Denver Bay, which has significant stakes involved for local investors. At the start of the narrative, Nick Carter is approached by a distressed Wall Street broker, James Wheeler, who risks the money of two minor heirs in an attempt to recover losses from a previous theft. This leads Carter to uncover a nefarious plan involving the horse race, where rumors suggest that Denver Bay may be tampered with to ensure his loss. Carter takes on the case, revealing his capability for disguise and subterfuge as he immerses himself into the world of gambling and racing, embarking on a high-stakes investigation filled with deception, threats, and a race against time to save both the horse and his client’s reputation before the race begins. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cUnited States: Street & Smith, 1897
653 _aDime novels -- Periodicals
653 _aDetective and mystery stories, American -- Periodicals
856 4 _uhttps://dimenovels.lib.niu.edu/islandora/object/dimenovels
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69108
999 _c109905
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