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Publication Date

1879 - 1926
(years)

Genre

  • Bildungsromans (15) + -
  • Detective and mystery stories (8) + -
  • Adventure stories (6) + -
  • Historical fiction (2) + -
  • Sea stories (2) + -
  • Western stories (2) + -
  • Didactic fiction (1) + -
  • Ghost stories (1) + -
  • Romance fiction (1) + -
  • Spy stories (1) + -

Series

  • Pluck and luck (31) + -
  • Waverley library (quarto edition) (2) + -
  • Beadle's new dime novels (1) + -
  • Fame and fortune weekly (1) + -

Author

  • Wade, William (16) + -
  • Warden, Ex-Firechief (15) + -
  • Richards, J. P. (7) + -
  • Austin, Howard (6) + -
  • Appleton, Horace (5) + -
  • Draper, Allyn (4) + -
  • Armstrong, Alexander (2) + -
  • Fenton, Ralph, Colonel (2) + -
  • Sherman, John (2) + -
  • Arnold, Allan (1) + -
  • Braddon, Paul (1) + -
  • Claxton, Sara (1) + -
  • Garne, Gaston (1) + -
  • Merritt, James C. (1) + -
  • Montgomery, Richard R. (1) + -
  • Old scout (1) + -
  • Self-made man, 1853-1915 (1) + -
  • Southworth, Arabella (1) + -
  • Stevens, D. W., 1849-1901 (1) + -
  • Willett, Edward, 1830-1889 (1) + -
  • Wilson, Thomas H., Captain (1) + -
  • Wood, N. S. (1) + -
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Publisher

  • Tousey, Frank (21) + -
  • Wolff, Harry E. (11) + -
  • Beadle and Adams (1872-1898) (3) + -

Topic

  • Rescues (23) + -
  • Fire fighters (15) + -
  • Escapes (10) + -
  • Courage (6) + -
  • Heroes (6) + -
  • Missing persons (5) + -
  • Disguise (3) + -
  • Orphans (3) + -
  • Revenge (3) + -
  • Wealth (3) + -
  • Arrest (2) + -
  • Bankers (2) + -
  • Boats and boating (2) + -
  • Boys (2) + -
  • Brothers (2) + -
  • Casualties (2) + -
  • Disappointment (2) + -
  • Fathers and sons (2) + -
  • Friendship (2) + -
  • Ice (2) + -
  • Indians of North America (2) + -
  • Inheritance and succession (2) + -
  • Ladders (2) + -
  • Logging (2) + -
  • Man-woman relationships (2) + -
  • Retribution (2) + -
  • Shipwrecks (2) + -
  • Trappers (2) + -
  • Apologies (1) + -
  • Apparitions (1) + -
  • Arson (1) + -
  • Artists (1) + -
  • Attempted murder (1) + -
  • Balls (Parties) (1) + -
  • Bank robberies (1) + -
  • Birthmarks (1) + -
  • Blind children (1) + -
  • Blizzards (1) + -
  • Bridegrooms (1) + -
  • Brigands and robbers (1) + -
  • Burning (Execution) (1) + -
  • Canoes and canoeing (1) + -
  • Captivity (1) + -
  • Cobleskill (N.Y.) (1) + -
  • Cobras (1) + -
  • Conduct of life (1) + -
  • Conscience (1) + -
  • Conspiracy (1) + -
  • Cossacks (1) + -
  • Cyclones (1) + -
  • Dance parties (1) + -
  • Delaware Indians (1) + -
  • Dogs (1) + -
  • Dueling (1) + -
  • Earthquakes (1) + -
  • Elections (1) + -
  • Employees (1) + -
  • Extortion (1) + -
  • Families (1) + -
  • Fathers and daughters (1) + -
  • Fire chiefs (1) + -
  • Fire departments (1) + -
  • Fire stations (1) + -
  • Forgery (1) + -
  • Fortune-tellers (1) + -
  • French-Canadians (1) + -
  • Gold (1) + -
  • Governesses (1) + -
  • Gunfights (1) + -
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Character

  • Thorpe, Alfred (Fictitious character) (1) + -

Place

  • New York (N.Y.) (5) + -
  • Arctic regions (1) + -
  • Maine (1) + -
  • Rocky Mountains (1) + -
  • Russia (1) + -
  • Vermont (1) + -

Format

  • Nickel weeklies (34) + -
  • Dime novels (1) + -

Collection

  • Edward T. LeBlanc Collection. Rare Books and Special Collections, Northern Illinois University. (32) + -
  • Johannsen Collection. Rare Books and Special Collections, Northern Illinois University. (3) + -

Query

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Enabled Filters

  • (-) ≠ Practical jokes
  • (-) ≠ Clyde, Kit
  • (-) ≠ History
  • (-) = Fires
  • (-) ≠ Dowd, Jno. B. (John B.), 1841-1906
  • (-) ≠ Deception

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The phantom fireman, or, The mystery of Mark Howland's life
Dick, "I will," or, The plucky fight of a boy orphan
Columbia, or, The young firemen of Glendale
Phil, the boy fireman, or, Through flames to victory
A fireman at sixteen, or, Through flame and smoke
Fred Flame, The hero of Greystone, No. 1
Liberty Hose, or, The pride of Plattsville
Through smoke and flame, or, The rival firemen of Irvington
A New York working boy, or, A fight for a fortune
Famous at fourteen, or, The boy who made a great name
Give him a chance, or, How Tom Curtis won his way
Worth a million, or, A boy's fight for justice
The richest boy in the world, or, The wonderful adventures of a young American
Resolute No. 10, or, The boy fire company of Fulton
Number 6, or, The young firemen of Carbondale
Out for business, or, The boy who owned by boat
Hero forty-four, or, The boy fireman of Ashland
The house of skulls, or, The boy miners of Blizzard Bay
The captain of no. 9, or, The boy loggers of Loon Lake
The Nihilist's son, or, The spy of the third section
Old disaster, or, The perils of the pioneers
The pearl prince, or, The shark slayer's secret
Hal Howe, the boy reporter, or, A sharp lad's work for a great newspaper
Dick, "I will," or, The plucky fight of a boy orphan
The pride of the volunteers, or, Burke Halliday, the boy fireman
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