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Publication Date

1899 - 1930
(years)

Genre

  • Bildungsromans (27) + -
  • Sea stories (14) + -
  • Western stories (6) + -
  • Adventure stories (2) + -
  • Detective and mystery stories (1) + -

Series

  • Fame and fortune weekly (26) + -
  • Deadwood Dick library (5) + -
  • Deadwood Dick library (London, England) (3) + -
  • Pluck and luck (1) + -

Author

  • Garne, Gaston (26) + -
  • Self-made man, 1853-1915 (26) + -
  • Braddon, Paul (6) + -
  • Wheeler, Edward L. (Edward Lytton), 1854 or 1855-1885 (5) + -
  • Appleton, Horace (2) + -
  • Austin, Howard (1) + -
  • Clyde, Kit (1) + -
  • Fenton, Ralph, Colonel (1) + -
  • Richards, J. P. (1) + -
  • Sherman, John (1) + -
  • Wade, William (1) + -
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Publisher

  • Wolff, Harry E. (20) + -
  • Westbury Publishing Co., Inc. (6) + -
  • M.J. Ivers & Co. (5) + -
  • George Newnes, Limited (3) + -

Topic

  • Fortune (6) + -
  • Gold (6) + -
  • Cowboys (4) + -
  • Jews (4) + -
  • Outlaws (4) + -
  • Pirates (4) + -
  • Lakota Indians (3) + -
  • Women heroes (3) + -
  • Women outlaws (3) + -
  • Abduction (2) + -
  • Bankruptcy (2) + -
  • Businesspeople (2) + -
  • Cherokee Indians (2) + -
  • Cherokee women (2) + -
  • Circus (2) + -
  • Frontier and pioneer life (2) + -
  • Germans (2) + -
  • Gold mines and mining (2) + -
  • Hermits (2) + -
  • Hindus (2) + -
  • Mexicans (2) + -
  • Shipwrecks (2) + -
  • Success (2) + -
  • Travel (2) + -
  • Wealth (2) + -
  • Castaways (1) + -
  • Caves (1) + -
  • Children (1) + -
  • Deserts (1) + -
  • Diamonds (1) + -
  • Escapes (1) + -
  • Farmers (1) + -
  • Ferries (1) + -
  • Fishers (1) + -
  • Gambling (1) + -
  • Ghosts (1) + -
  • Houseboats (1) + -
  • Inheritance and succession (1) + -
  • Kings and rulers (1) + -
  • Rescues (1) + -
  • Sailors (1) + -
  • South Pacific Ocean (1) + -
  • Swamps (1) + -
  • Temples (1) + -
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Character

  • Deadwood Dick (Fictitious character) (3) + -
  • Edith Stone (Fictitious character) (2) + -
  • Leone Harris (Fictitious character) (2) + -
  • Old Avalanche the Annihilator (Fictitious character) (2) + -
  • Calamity Jane, 1856-1903 (1) + -
  • Sam Slocum (Sierra Sam) (Fictitious character) (1) + -

Place

  • South Pacific Ocean (3) + -
  • Atlantic Ocean Region (2) + -
  • Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.) (2) + -
  • India (2) + -
  • Mexico (2) + -
  • Orinoco River (Venezuela and Colombia) (2) + -
  • Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.) (2) + -
  • Africa (1) + -
  • Antipodes Islands (N.Z.) (1) + -
  • Buffalo (N.Y.) (1) + -
  • California, Southern (1) + -
  • East Indies (1) + -
  • Egypt (1) + -
  • Gloucester (Mass.) (1) + -
  • Kolkata (India) (1) + -
  • Missouri (1) + -
  • Missouri River (1) + -
  • Oceania (1) + -
  • Peru (1) + -
  • South Atlantic Ocean (1) + -
  • United States (1) + -
  • Yanai-shi (Japan) (1) + -
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Format

  • Nickel weeklies (35) + -

Query

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Enabled Filters

  • (-) ≠ Colorado
  • (-) = Edward T. LeBlanc Collection. Rare Books and Special Collections, Northern Illinois University.
  • (-) = Treasure troves
  • (-) ≠ Tousey, Frank

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A race for life
Grim Goblin, the avenger
A pirate's treasure, or, The secret of the three wrecks
A favorite of fate, or, After the head hunter's treasure
Adrift on the Orinoco, or, The treasure of the desert
The end of Wild Ivan
Adrift in the sea, or, The treasure of Lone Reef
A runaway boy, or, The buried treasure of the Incas
A castaway's fortune, or, The hunt for a pirate's gold
Billy, the cabin boy, or, The treasure of Skeleton Island
On pirate's isle, or, The treasure of the seven craters
A golden stake, or, The treasure of the Indies
A young gold king, or, The treasure of the secret caves
The boy gold hunters, or, After a pirate's treasure
A harvest of gold, or, The buried treasure of Coral Island
A million in gold, or, The treasure of Santa Cruz
On his merits, or, The smartest boy alive
A pot of money, or, The legacy of a lucky boy
The road to wealth, or, The boy who found it out
A lucky chance, or, Taking fortune on the wing
Adrift on the world, or, Working his way to fortune
$250,000 in gold, or, Hunting a hindoo treasure
A million in rubies, or, The richest find in the world
After a missing million, or, The treasure of the wreck
A golden treasure, or, The mystery of an old trunk
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