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Publication Date

1860 - 1929
(years)

Genre

  • Historical fiction (11) + -
  • Western stories (6) + -
  • American Revolutionary War stories (5) + -
  • Adventure stories (3) + -
  • Spy stories (3) + -
  • Humorous stories (2) + -
  • Romance fiction (2) + -
  • Sea stories (2) + -
  • Civil War stories (1) + -
  • Detective and mystery stories (1) + -

Series

  • Pluck and luck (9) + -
  • Deadwood Dick library (5) + -
  • Five cent wide awake library (4) + -
  • Nugget library (2) + -
  • Beadle's dime novels (1) + -
  • Deadwood Dick library (London, England) (1) + -
  • New York detective library (1) + -

Author

  • Gordon, James A., General (6) + -
  • Wade, William (6) + -
  • Wheeler, Edward L. (Edward Lytton), 1854 or 1855-1885 (5) + -
  • Sherman, John (3) + -
  • Old scout (2) + -
  • Appleton, Horace (1) + -
  • Arnold, Allan (1) + -
  • Davison, Henry Pomeroy, 1867-1922 (1) + -
  • Emmet, H. C. (1) + -
  • Eyster, William R. (William Reynolds), 1841-1918 (1) + -
  • Howard, Police Captain (1) + -
  • Pad, Peter (1) + -
  • Scott, J. R. (1) + -
  • Smiley, Sam (1) + -
  • Stevens, D. W., 1849-1901 (1) + -
  • Taylor, R.M. (1) + -
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Publisher

  • Tousey, Frank (7) + -
  • Wolff, Harry E. (7) + -
  • M.J. Ivers & Co. (5) + -
  • Street & Smith (2) + -
  • Beadle and Company (1) + -
  • George Newnes, Limited (1) + -

Topic

  • History (11) + -
  • Escapes (5) + -
  • Indians of North America (4) + -
  • Women heroes (4) + -
  • American loyalists (3) + -
  • Conduct of life (3) + -
  • English (3) + -
  • Revenge (3) + -
  • Young men (3) + -
  • Blacks (2) + -
  • Cowboys (2) + -
  • Dutch (2) + -
  • Enemies (2) + -
  • Irish (2) + -
  • Lakota Indians (2) + -
  • Prisoners (2) + -
  • Privateering (2) + -
  • Scouts (Reconnaissance) (2) + -
  • Women outlaws (2) + -
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (1) + -
  • Battles (1) + -
  • British (1) + -
  • Bullying (1) + -
  • Chinese (1) + -
  • Counterfeits and counterfeiting (1) + -
  • Courage (1) + -
  • Crow Indians (1) + -
  • Dakota Indians (1) + -
  • Danites (Mormon Church) (1) + -
  • Dueling (1) + -
  • Dwarfism (1) + -
  • Executions and executioners (1) + -
  • Families (1) + -
  • Ferries (1) + -
  • Flagellation (1) + -
  • French (1) + -
  • Friendship (1) + -
  • Ghosts (1) + -
  • Gold mines and mining (1) + -
  • Horsemen and horsewomen (1) + -
  • Household employees (1) + -
  • Jews (1) + -
  • Kidnapping (1) + -
  • Kyphosis (1) + -
  • Liberty (1) + -
  • Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876 (1) + -
  • Mines and mineral resources (1) + -
  • Mining corporations (1) + -
  • Pioneers (1) + -
  • Pirates (1) + -
  • Poets (1) + -
  • Practical jokes (1) + -
  • Railroads (1) + -
  • Rescues (1) + -
  • Secret service (1) + -
  • Shipwrecks (1) + -
  • Strikes and lockouts (1) + -
  • Swamps (1) + -
  • Traitors (1) + -
  • Traveling sales personnel (1) + -
  • Treasure troves (1) + -
  • Weddings (1) + -
  • Women detectives (1) + -
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Character

  • Washington, George, 1732-1799 (4) + -
  • Deadwood Dick (Fictitious character) (3) + -
  • Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796 (3) + -
  • Calamity Jane, 1856-1903 (2) + -
  • Old Avalanche the Annihilator (Fictitious character) (2) + -
  • Abercromby, James, 1706-1781 (1) + -
  • Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (U.S.) (1) + -
  • Custer, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876 (1) + -
  • Montcalm de Saint-VĂ©ran, Louis-Joseph, marquis de, 1712-1759 (1) + -
  • Sitting Bull, 1831-1890 (1) + -
  • United States. Pacific Railway Commission (1) + -
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Place

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

  • Nickel weeklies (22) + -
  • Dime novels (1) + -

Collection

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

Query

  • (-) *:*

Enabled Filters

  • (-) = United States
  • (-) = Edward T. LeBlanc Collection. Rare Books and Special Collections, Northern Illinois University.
  • (-) ≠ War stories

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Cedar swamp, or, Wild Nat's brigade
Captain Tom Drake, or, The young privateers
Old Stealthy, the government detective
Sam Spry, the New York drummer, or, Business before pleasure
Star-spangled Dick, or, The boy hero of Wyoming
Hugh Lee, or, The Hawks of the Sound
Young Dick Plunket, or, The trials and tribulations of Ebenezer Crow
Smokestack Bob, the hero of the rail
Old Avalanche, the great annihilator, or, Wild Edna, the girl brigand
Deadwood Dick's ward, or, The Black Hills Jezebel
The miner sport, or, Sugar-coated Sam's claim
Deadwood Dick's disguise, or, Wild Walt, the sport
Deadwood Dick's mission, or, Cavie, the kidnapped boy
Custer's last shot, or, The boy trailer of the Little Horn
A poor Irish boy, or, Fighting his own way
Twenty boy spies, or, The secret band of Dismal Hollow
Running Rob, or, Mad Anthony's rollicking scout
The iron grays, or, The boy riders of the Rapidan
Percy Greville, the scout of Valley Forge
Percy Greville, the scout of Valley Forge
The spy of Spuyten Duyvil, or, The boy with a charmed life
The block house boys, or, The young pioneers of the Great Lakes
Old Avalanche's fight with the Sioux

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