Larry Barlow's ambition : or, The adventures of a young fireman by Stratemeyer
L'espionne by Ernest Daudet is a novel written in the late 19th century. From the opening provided, it reads like an action‑and‑mystery adventure following Larry Barlow, a gutsy young machinist and volunteer fireman whose bravery and inventiveness thrust him into dangerous city fires and a murky puzzle tied to his missing father’s elevator patent and a wealthy girl he rescues. The tone blends fast-moving rescues, civic heroism, and a slow-brewing intrigue around
crime and inheritance. The opening of the story introduces Larry, a nineteen-year-old orphan machinist in Ferryville, who builds an extension ladder and dreams of joining New York’s fire department. Fired after a shop quarrel, he goes to the city, witnesses a big blaze, overhears two suspicious men discussing his vanished father’s patent, and then saves Mary Vern from a hotel fire with a dramatic leap into a net, gaining a powerful recommendation. He refuses payment, moves to a modest flat with his sister, befriends a newsboy, and while chasing patent clues overhears “Check” Sluggers and Martin Pollox scheming, then narrowly survives being trapped by a sudden flood in a warehouse cellar during another fire. He passes the department exams and enters training, but local bullies attack and dump him in the river; he escapes, dodges a trumped‑up arrest, and later meets Mary again after her father’s sudden death abroad. These chapters set up his courage and ingenuity, and the twin threads of firefighting exploits and a deepening mystery. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Stratemeyer, Edward, 1862-1930 |
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| Illustrator | Fry, W. H. |
| Title | Larry Barlow's ambition : or, The adventures of a young fireman |
| Original Publication | Akron: Saalfield Publishing Company, 1907. |
| Credits | Aaron Adrignola, Brian Wilsden, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres |
| Subject | Detective and mystery stories |
| Subject | Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | New York (N.Y.) -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Fire fighters -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Young men -- Juvenile fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 77209 |
| Release Date | Nov 10, 2025 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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