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Title: The Rover Boys in the Land of Luck
Stirring Adventures in the Oil Fields

Author: Edward Stratemeyer

Release Date: January 4, 2010 [eBook #30841]

Language: English

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THE ROVER BOYS IN THE LAND OF LUCK

Or

Stirring Adventures in the Oil Fields

by

ARTHUR M. WINFIELD
(Edward Stratemeyer)

Author of "The Rover Boys at School," "The Rover Boys on the Ocean,"
"The Rover Boys on a Hunt." "The Putnam Hall Series," Etc.

Illustrated

New York
Grosset & Dunlap
Publishers
Made in the United States of America

[Illustration: "THEY'VE STRUCK OIL!" YELLED ANDY EXCITEDLY.]

INTRODUCTION

My Dear Boys: This book is a complete story in itself, but forms the
fifth volume in a line issued under the general title, "The Second Rover
Boys Series for Young Americans."

As mentioned in some volumes of the first series, this line was started
years ago with the publication of "The Rover Boys at School," "On the
Ocean," and "In the Jungle," in which I introduced my readers to Dick,
Tom, and Sam Rover and their relatives. The volumes of the first series
related the doings of these three Rover boys while at Putnam Hall
Military Academy, Brill College, and while on numerous outings.

Having acquired a good education, the three young men