THE DICK HAMILTON SERIES
By Howard Garis

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Published by Grosset & Dunlap and reprinted by the usual suspects. 

I'm not a big Howard Garis fan -- I think he's the hackest of hack writers. Mind, I'm not saying I could do any better if I were forced to churn out prose at Garis' rate, but I've never been able to warm up to any of his series and I can smell a book he's ghostwritten a mile off.  His dialogue is exasperatingly awkward, his plot twists are ridiculous, and he never met a series book cliche that he didn't like well enough to use twenty or thirty times. The "Dick Hamilton" series is prime Garis, as the filthy rich protagonist -- needless to say, he is also handsome, manly, and athletic -- wins out at anything he essays to try his hand at. Larry Dexter, hero of Garis's contemporaneous "Young Reporter" series, makes guest appearances in several of the books.

 
  1. DICK HAMILTON'S FORTUNE; OR, THE STIRRING DOINGS OF A MILLIONAIRE'S SON -- 1909. Grosset & Dunlap; Saalfield; Goldsmith.

  2. DICK HAMILTON'S CADET DAYS; OR, THE HANDICAP OF A MILLIONAIRE'S SON -- 1910. Grosset & Dunlap; Saalfield; Goldsmith.

  3. DICK HAMILTON'S STEAM YACHT; OR, A YOUNG MILLIONAIRE AND THE KIDNAPPERS  -- 1911. Grosset & Dunlap; World Syndicate; Goldsmith; Saalfield.

  4. DICK HAMILTON'S FOOTBALL TEAM; OR, A YOUNG MILLIONAIRE ON THE GRIDIRON -- 1913. Grosset & Dunlap; Goldsmith; Saalfield; World Syndicate.

  5. DICK HAMILTON'S TOURING CAR; OR, A YOUNG MILLIONAIRES RACE FOR A FORTUNE -- 1913. Grosset & Dunlap; World Syndicate; Goldsmith.

  6. DICK HAMILTON'S AIRSHIP; OR, A YOUNG MILLIONAIRE IN THE CLOUDS -- 1914. Grosset & Dunlap; Goldsmith; Saalfield; World Syndicate. Read it online!

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