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Raymond Sperry
1873–1962
Best known for creating Uncle Wiggily, this prolific American children's writer also published adventure stories under the name Raymond Sperry. The books credited to that name are tied to the fast-moving, series-fiction world of the Stratemeyer Syndicate.
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Larry Dexter and the bank mystery : or, Exciting days in Wall Street
by Raymond Sperry
About the author
Born in 1873, Howard R. Garis was an American writer and newspaperman who became especially famous for the long-running Uncle Wiggily stories. Major reference sources describe him as a hugely productive author of children's fiction, and records for Raymond Sperry identify that name as one of the pseudonyms linked to Garis.
Under the Raymond Sperry name, he is associated with the Larry Dexter adventure books, including Larry Dexter and the Bank Mystery. Those stories fit the brisk, serialized style that made early 20th-century juvenile fiction so popular.
Garis died in 1962, leaving behind a large body of work for young readers. Even when a book appeared under a house name or pseudonym, his storytelling helped shape a lively era of American children's literature.