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Publication Date

1883 - 1929
(years)

Genre

  • Bildungsromans (20) + -
  • Detective and mystery stories (7) + -
  • Success stories (6) + -
  • Western stories (5) + -
  • Fire fighters and firefighting stories (4) + -
  • Historical fiction (4) + -
  • Sea stories (4) + -
  • Adventure stories (2) + -
  • American Revolutionary War stories (1) + -
  • Bandit, outlaw, and highwayman stories (1) + -
  • Football stories (1) + -
  • Polar exploration stories (1) + -
  • Railroad stories (1) + -
  • Sports stories (1) + -
  • Spy stories (1) + -
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Series

  • Pluck and luck (19) + -
  • Fame and fortune weekly (17) + -
  • Five cent wide awake library (1) + -

Author

  • Self-made man, 1853-1915 (17) + -
  • Garne, Gaston (11) + -
  • Wade, William (10) + -
  • Armstrong, Alexander (4) + -
  • Austin, Howard (4) + -
  • Warden, Ex-Firechief (4) + -
  • Gordon, James A., General (2) + -
  • King, Ed (2) + -
  • Montgomery, Richard R. (2) + -
  • Richards, J. P. (2) + -
  • Stevens, D. W., 1849-1901 (2) + -
  • Wilson, Thomas H., Captain (2) + -
  • Arnold, Allan (1) + -
  • Bertrew, Berton (1) + -
  • Draper, Allyn (1) + -
  • Merritt, James C. (1) + -
  • Old scout (1) + -
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Publisher

  • Tousey, Frank (21) + -
  • Wolff, Harry E. (13) + -
  • Westbury Publishing Co., Inc. (3) + -

Topic

  • Rescues (8) + -
  • Young businesspeople (7) + -
  • Escapes (6) + -
  • Stockbrokers (6) + -
  • Conduct of life (5) + -
  • Fires (5) + -
  • Treasure troves (5) + -
  • Fire fighters (4) + -
  • Young men (4) + -
  • Enemies (3) + -
  • Fathers and sons (3) + -
  • Heroes (3) + -
  • Indians of North America (3) + -
  • Prisoners (3) + -
  • Arrest (2) + -
  • Bears (2) + -
  • Brigands and robbers (2) + -
  • Investigation (2) + -
  • Outlaws (2) + -
  • Pirates (2) + -
  • Revenge (2) + -
  • Abduction (1) + -
  • Actors (1) + -
  • African American cowboys (1) + -
  • American loyalists (1) + -
  • Avalanches (1) + -
  • Battles (1) + -
  • Betrayal (1) + -
  • Blizzards (1) + -
  • Boys (1) + -
  • Bulls (1) + -
  • Business (1) + -
  • Copper mines and mining (1) + -
  • Courage (1) + -
  • Deals (1) + -
  • Disguise (1) + -
  • Dueling (1) + -
  • Employees (1) + -
  • False imprisonment (1) + -
  • Famines (1) + -
  • Fees (1) + -
  • First loves (1) + -
  • Football injuries (1) + -
  • Football players (1) + -
  • Football teams (1) + -
  • Forgery (1) + -
  • Fortune (1) + -
  • Galleons (1) + -
  • Gambling (1) + -
  • Harpoons (1) + -
  • Hiding places (1) + -
  • History (1) + -
  • Horse stealing (1) + -
  • Horsemen and horsewomen (1) + -
  • Industrial relations (1) + -
  • Inheritance and succession (1) + -
  • Inventors (1) + -
  • Irish Americans (1) + -
  • Iron and steel workers (1) + -
  • Iron foundries (1) + -
  • Iron-works (1) + -
  • Islands (1) + -
  • Jealousy (1) + -
  • Knife fighting (1) + -
  • Kyphosis (1) + -
  • Larceny (1) + -
  • Lawyers (1) + -
  • Liberty (1) + -
  • Lighthouses (1) + -
  • Locomotive engineers (1) + -
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Character

  • Washington, George, 1732-1799 (1) + -

Place

  • Wall Street (New York, N.Y.) (8) + -
  • New York (N.Y.) (4) + -
  • Pennsylvania (2) + -
  • Africa (1) + -
  • Arctic regions (1) + -
  • Boston (Mass.) (1) + -
  • California (1) + -
  • Illinois River (Ill.) (1) + -
  • London (England) (1) + -
  • Mexico (1) + -
  • Plainfield (Ill.) (1) + -
  • Siberia (Russia) (1) + -
  • Southern States (1) + -
  • United States (1) + -
  • Virginia (1) + -
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Format

  • Nickel weeklies (37) + -

Collection

  • Edward T. LeBlanc Collection. Rare Books and Special Collections, Northern Illinois University. (37) + -

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  • (-) = Appleton, Horace

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Fred Flame, The hero of Greystone, No. 1
Liberty Hose, or, The pride of Plattsville
Lost in the blizzard, or, The snow-bound school boys
Railroad Ralph, the boy engineer
The iron grays, or, The boy riders of the Rapidan
Alow and aloft, or, The dashing boy harpooner
A New York working boy, or, A fight for a fortune
A pirate's treasure, or, The secret of the three wrecks
Gold Gulch, or, Pandy Ellis' last trail
A favorite of fate, or, After the head hunter's treasure
Banker Barry's boy, or, Gathering the dollars in Wall Street
A tip worth a million, or, How a boy worked it in Wall Street
A winning risk, or, The boy who made good
Beating the market, or, A boy broker's big deal
The young Rip Van Winkle
Hero forty-four, or, The boy fireman of Ashland
"Millions in it", or, A boy with ideas
Fred the foundry boy, or, Fighting the iron kings
The boy slaves of Siberia, or, The vulture king
Back Number Bixby, or, The boy who was up to the minute
Afloat with Captain Kidd, or, A boy among the pirates
The flyers of the gridiron, or, Half-back Harry, the football champion
An Irish-American, or, Dan Redmond's adventures in search of his father
Fred Lenoir, or, Stirring scenes in the south
The maniac rider, or, The mystery of Hawkeswood Grange
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