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Publication Date

1908 - 1929
(years)

Genre

  • Bildungsromans (20) + -
  • Sea stories (4) + -
  • Historical fiction (3) + -
  • Success stories (3) + -
  • American Revolutionary War stories (2) + -
  • Fire fighters and firefighting stories (2) + -
  • Romance fiction (2) + -
  • Adventure stories (1) + -
  • Detective and mystery stories (1) + -
  • School and sports stories (1) + -
  • Spy stories (1) + -
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Series

  • Fame and fortune weekly (17) + -
  • Pluck and luck (10) + -

Author

  • Self-made man, 1853-1915 (17) + -
  • Garne, Gaston (14) + -
  • King, Ed (4) + -
  • Wade, William (4) + -
  • Arnold, Allan (2) + -
  • Gordon, James A., General (2) + -
  • Warden, Ex-Firechief (2) + -
  • Austin, Howard (1) + -
  • Bertrew, Berton (1) + -
  • Draper, Allyn (1) + -
  • Wilson, Thomas H., Captain (1) + -
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Publisher

  • Tousey, Frank (13) + -
  • Wolff, Harry E. (12) + -

Topic

  • Young businesspeople (12) + -
  • Stockbrokers (7) + -
  • Escapes (4) + -
  • Treasure troves (4) + -
  • Conduct of life (3) + -
  • Fathers and sons (3) + -
  • Fortune (3) + -
  • Friendship (3) + -
  • Prisoners (3) + -
  • American loyalists (2) + -
  • Courage (2) + -
  • Fire (2) + -
  • Fires (2) + -
  • Gold (2) + -
  • Heroes (2) + -
  • History (2) + -
  • Rescues (2) + -
  • Scouts (Reconnaissance) (2) + -
  • Young men (2) + -
  • Accidents (1) + -
  • Arrest (1) + -
  • Auctioneers (1) + -
  • Boys (1) + -
  • Bullying (1) + -
  • Business (1) + -
  • Businesswomen (1) + -
  • Captivity (1) + -
  • Circus (1) + -
  • Cossacks (1) + -
  • Diamonds (1) + -
  • Disguise (1) + -
  • Enemies (1) + -
  • Families (1) + -
  • Ferries (1) + -
  • Fire chiefs (1) + -
  • Fire fighters (1) + -
  • Fishers (1) + -
  • Forgery (1) + -
  • Ice (1) + -
  • Inheritance and succession (1) + -
  • Irish (1) + -
  • Islands (1) + -
  • Lakes (1) + -
  • Lifesaving at fires (1) + -
  • Logging (1) + -
  • Lumber camps (1) + -
  • Mica mines and mining (1) + -
  • Mutiny (1) + -
  • Parades (1) + -
  • Poisoning (1) + -
  • Sales personnel (1) + -
  • Schools, American (1) + -
  • Stockholders (1) + -
  • Storms (1) + -
  • Tsunamis (1) + -
  • Wall Street (New York, N.Y.) (1) + -
  • Wolves (1) + -
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Character

  • Washington, George, 1732-1799 (2) + -
  • Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796 (2) + -

Place

  • Wall Street (New York, N.Y.) (7) + -
  • New York (N.Y.) (3) + -
  • United States (3) + -
  • Valley Forge (Pa.) (2) + -
  • India (1) + -
  • Maine (1) + -
  • Northwest, Pacific (1) + -
  • Russia (1) + -
  • San Pedro Hacienda (Mexico) (1) + -
  • Silverton (Colo.) (1) + -
  • Tepexpan (Mexico) (1) + -
  • Throgs Neck (New York, N.Y.) (1) + -
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Format

  • Nickel weeklies (27) + -

Collection

  • Edward T. LeBlanc Collection. Rare Books and Special Collections, Northern Illinois University. (26) + -
  • Johannsen Collection. Rare Books and Special Collections, Northern Illinois University. (1) + -

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  • (-) = Sherman, John

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Tom Barry of Barrington, or, The hero of no. 4
Percy Greville, the scout of Valley Forge
Percy Greville, the scout of Valley Forge
A boy of business, or, Hustling for the dollars
Three chums, or, The bosses of the school
From a dime to a million, or, A wide-awake Wall Street boy
Baffling the brokers, or, The boy with the iron nerve
A million in rubies, or, The richest find in the world
Among the sharks, or, The lights and shadows of Wall Street
"Out for everything", or, The boy who was willed a circus
A Shortcut to fortune, and the smart boy who found it
A lucky risk, or, The nerve of a Wall Street office boy
Andy the auctioneer, or, Bidding in a fortune
A born salesman, or, A young moneymaker on the road
Dave and the diamond, or, The boy who came from Brazil
The captain of no. 9, or, The boy loggers of Loon Lake
The midnight alarm, or, The boys of old no. 9
A poor Irish boy, or, Fighting his own way
The Nihilist's son, or, The spy of the third section
A boy stock broker, or, From errand boy to millionaire
A million in gold, or, The treasure of Santa Cruz
A lucky chance, or, Taking fortune on the wing
The boy mutineers, or, Slavery or death
An errand boy's fortune, or, The office of Wall Street secrets
The crimson mask, or, The treasure of San Pedro
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