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Publication Date

1860 - 1929
(years)

Genre

  • Historical fiction (37) + -
  • War stories (26) + -
  • Civil War stories (21) + -
  • American Revolutionary War stories (9) + -
  • Western stories (6) + -
  • Spy stories (3) + -
  • Adventure stories (2) + -
  • Detective and mystery stories (2) + -
  • Romance fiction (2) + -
  • Sea stories (1) + -

Series

  • Blue and gray weekly (19) + -
  • Pluck and luck (16) + -
  • Deadwood Dick library (5) + -
  • Nugget library (2) + -
  • Beadle's dime novels (1) + -
  • Deadwood Dick library (London, England) (1) + -
  • New York detective library (1) + -

Author

  • Lee, Harry, Lieut. (19) + -
  • Gordon, James A., General (10) + -
  • Wade, William (7) + -
  • Wheeler, Edward L. (Edward Lytton), 1854 or 1855-1885 (5) + -
  • Old scout (4) + -
  • Sherman, John (3) + -
  • Braddon, Paul (2) + -
  • Stevens, D. W., 1849-1901 (2) + -
  • Appleton, Horace (1) + -
  • Arnold, Allan (1) + -
  • Bertrew, Berton (1) + -
  • Clyde, Kit (1) + -
  • Davison, Henry Pomeroy, 1867-1922 (1) + -
  • Eyster, William R. (William Reynolds), 1841-1918 (1) + -
  • Howard, Police Captain (1) + -
  • Richards, J. P. (1) + -
  • Taylor, R.M. (1) + -
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Publisher

  • Tousey, Frank (28) + -
  • Wolff, Harry E. (8) + -
  • M.J. Ivers & Co. (5) + -
  • Street & Smith (2) + -
  • Beadle and Company (1) + -
  • George Newnes, Limited (1) + -

Topic

  • History (35) + -
  • Escapes (8) + -
  • Indians of North America (5) + -
  • Prisoners (5) + -
  • American loyalists (4) + -
  • Battles (4) + -
  • Enemies (4) + -
  • Women heroes (4) + -
  • Conduct of life (3) + -
  • English (3) + -
  • Guerrillas (3) + -
  • Rescues (3) + -
  • Revenge (3) + -
  • Traitors (3) + -
  • Young men (3) + -
  • Courage (2) + -
  • Cowboys (2) + -
  • Crow Indians (2) + -
  • Dakota Indians (2) + -
  • Dueling (2) + -
  • Dutch (2) + -
  • Indians (2) + -
  • Irish (2) + -
  • Lakota Indians (2) + -
  • Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876 (2) + -
  • Pioneers (2) + -
  • Savage's Station, Battle of, Va., 1862 (2) + -
  • Scouts (Reconnaissance) (2) + -
  • Women outlaws (2) + -
  • Ambushes and surprises (1) + -
  • Ball's Bluff, Battle of, Va., 1861 (1) + -
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (1) + -
  • Beaver Dam Creek, Battle of, Va., 1862 (1) + -
  • British (1) + -
  • Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861 (1) + -
  • Bullying (1) + -
  • Capitulations, Military (1) + -
  • Captivity (1) + -
  • Cavalry (1) + -
  • Chinese (1) + -
  • Counterfeits and counterfeiting (1) + -
  • Danites (Mormon Church) (1) + -
  • Disguise (1) + -
  • Dwarfism (1) + -
  • Executions and executioners (1) + -
  • Families (1) + -
  • Ferries (1) + -
  • Flagellation (1) + -
  • Fort Donelson, Battle of, Tenn., 1862 (1) + -
  • French (1) + -
  • Friendship (1) + -
  • Ghosts (1) + -
  • Gold mines and mining (1) + -
  • Horsemen and horsewomen (1) + -
  • Jews (1) + -
  • Kidnapping (1) + -
  • Kyphosis (1) + -
  • Liberty (1) + -
  • Lighthouses (1) + -
  • Malvern Hill, Battle of, Va., 1862 (1) + -
  • Military deserters (1) + -
  • Military supplies (1) + -
  • Mines and mineral resources (1) + -
  • Mining corporations (1) + -
  • Poets (1) + -
  • Privateering (1) + -
  • Rappahannock Station, 1st Battle of, Va., 1862 (1) + -
  • Richmond, Battle of, Richmond, Ky., 1862 (1) + -
  • Scouts and scouting (1) + -
  • Secret service (1) + -
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Character

  • Clark, Jack (Fictitious character) (19) + -
  • Prentiss, Will (Fictitious character) (19) + -
  • United States. Army of the Potomac (17) + -
  • Confederate States of America. Army of Northern Virginia (16) + -
  • Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 (7) + -
  • Beauregard, G. T., 1818-1893 (5) + -
  • Washington, George, 1732-1799 (5) + -
  • McClellan, George B., 1826-1885 (4) + -
  • Deadwood Dick (Fictitious character) (3) + -
  • Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870 (3) + -
  • Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796 (3) + -
  • Calamity Jane, 1856-1903 (2) + -
  • Custer, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876 (2) + -
  • Halleck, H. W., 1815-1872 (2) + -
  • Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 (2) + -
  • Longstreet, James, 1821-1904 (2) + -
  • Magruder, John Bankhead, 1807-1871 (2) + -
  • Old Avalanche the Annihilator (Fictitious character) (2) + -
  • Sherman, William T., 1820-1891 (2) + -
  • Sitting Bull, 1831-1890 (2) + -
  • Stuart, Jeb, 1833-1864 (2) + -
  • Abercromby, James, 1706-1781 (1) + -
  • Arnold, Benedict, 1741-1801 (1) + -
  • Bragg, Braxton, 1817-1876 (1) + -
  • Buckner, Simon Bolivar, 1823-1914 (1) + -
  • Butler, Benjamin F., 1818-1893 (1) + -
  • Confederate States of America (1) + -
  • Floyd, John B., 1806-1863 (1) + -
  • Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863 (1) + -
  • Johnston, Albert Sidney, 1803-1862 (1) + -
  • Marion, Francis, 1732-1795 (1) + -
  • Merritt, Wesley, 1834-1910 (1) + -
  • Montcalm de Saint-Véran, Louis-Joseph, marquis de, 1712-1759 (1) + -
  • Pillow, Gideon Johnson, 1806-1878 (1) + -
  • Smith, William Farrar, 1824-1903 (1) + -
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Place

  • Corinth (Miss.) (2) + -
  • High Plains (U.S.) (2) + -
  • Leadville (Colo.) (2) + -
  • Nebraska (2) + -
  • North Dakota (2) + -
  • Valley Forge (Pa.) (2) + -
  • Virginia (2) + -
  • Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.) (1) + -
  • Boston (Mass.) (1) + -
  • Fort Frederick (Me.) (1) + -
  • Leesburg (Va.) (1) + -
  • Long Island Sound (N.Y. and Conn.) (1) + -
  • New York (N.Y.) (1) + -
  • Pacific Coast (Calif.) (1) + -
  • Placerville (Calif.) (1) + -
  • South Carolina (1) + -
  • Wind River Valley (Wyo.) (1) + -
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Format

  • Nickel weeklies (44) + -
  • Dime novels (1) + -

Collection

  • Johannsen Collection. Rare Books and Special Collections, Northern Illinois University. (1) + -

Query

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Enabled Filters

  • (-) ≠ Colorado
  • (-) = United States
  • (-) = Edward T. LeBlanc Collection. Rare Books and Special Collections, Northern Illinois University.
  • (-) ≠ Five cent wide awake library

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Old Stealthy, the government detective
Off to the war, or, The boys in blue mustered in
At the front, or, The boys in gray in battle
Holding the line, or, The boys in blue's great defence
On a forced march, or, The boys in gray to the rescue
Old Avalanche's fight with the Sioux
Old Avalanche, the great annihilator, or, Wild Edna, the girl brigand
Bivouac and battle, or, The boys in gray's hard campaign
Hemmed in, or, The boys in blue's hard fight
Cedar swamp, or, Wild Nat's brigade
At Fort Donelson, or, The boys in blue's great charge
Held at bay, or, The boys in gray baffled
At Pittsburg Landing, or, The boys in blue's greatest battle
Leading the line, or, The boys in gray's best work
Between two fires, or, The boys in blue cut off
Chasing the enemy, or, The boys in blue in hot pursuit
Beyond the "dead line", or, The boys in gray besieged
Before Richmond, or, The boys in gray's great trust
In the trenches, or, The boys in blue surrounded
At Cedar Mountain, or, The boys in gray with Stonewall Jackson
Driven back, or, The boys in blue's clever retreat
Against great odds, or, The boys in blue repulsed
Forced to surrender, or, The boys in gray's hard luck
Deadwood Dick's ward, or, The Black Hills Jezebel
The miner sport, or, Sugar-coated Sam's claim
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