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Publication Date

1882 - 1924
(years)

Genre

  • Bildungsromans (21) + -
  • Success stories (7) + -
  • Detective and mystery stories (4) + -
  • Historical fiction (3) + -
  • Western stories (3) + -
  • Sea stories (2) + -
  • American Revolutionary War stories (1) + -
  • Fire fighters and firefighting stories (1) + -
  • Pirates and privateering stories (1) + -
  • War stories (1) + -

Series

  • Fame and fortune weekly (19) + -
  • Pluck and luck (7) + -
  • Five cent wide awake library (1) + -
  • New York detective library (1) + -

Author

  • Self-made man, 1853-1915 (19) + -
  • Garne, Gaston (10) + -
  • King, Ed (8) + -
  • Armstrong, Alexander (3) + -
  • Wade, William (3) + -
  • Appleton, Horace (2) + -
  • Old scout (2) + -
  • Draper, Allyn (1) + -
  • Fox, Tom, Philadelphia Detective (1) + -
  • Gordon, James A., General (1) + -
  • Montgomery, Richard R. (1) + -
  • Shackleford, H. K. (Harvey King), 1841-1906 (1) + -
  • Warden, Ex-Firechief (1) + -
  • Wilson, Thomas H., Captain (1) + -
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Publisher

  • Tousey, Frank (22) + -
  • Wolff, Harry E. (6) + -

Topic

  • Young businesspeople (10) + -
  • Stockbrokers (7) + -
  • Treasure troves (6) + -
  • Escapes (4) + -
  • Indians of North America (3) + -
  • Rescues (3) + -
  • Business (2) + -
  • Castaways (2) + -
  • Dogs (2) + -
  • History (2) + -
  • Islands (2) + -
  • Mutiny (2) + -
  • Pioneers (2) + -
  • Revenge (2) + -
  • Abduction (1) + -
  • Awards (1) + -
  • Boys (1) + -
  • Burglars (1) + -
  • Captivity (1) + -
  • Caves (1) + -
  • Conduct of life (1) + -
  • Conspiracy (1) + -
  • Contractors (1) + -
  • Courage (1) + -
  • Employees (1) + -
  • Enemies (1) + -
  • Express service (1) + -
  • False imprisonment (1) + -
  • Fire fighters (1) + -
  • Fires (1) + -
  • Flagellation (1) + -
  • Fortune (1) + -
  • Fugitives from justice (1) + -
  • German Americans (1) + -
  • Heroes (1) + -
  • Hindus (1) + -
  • Inheritance and succession (1) + -
  • Inventors (1) + -
  • Kings and rulers (1) + -
  • Libel and slander (1) + -
  • Liberty (1) + -
  • Merchants (1) + -
  • Messengers (1) + -
  • Miami Indians (1) + -
  • Mines and mineral resources (1) + -
  • Orphans (1) + -
  • Outlaws (1) + -
  • Partnership (1) + -
  • Peace (1) + -
  • Pickpockets (1) + -
  • Pirates (1) + -
  • Plague (1) + -
  • Railroads (1) + -
  • Robbery (1) + -
  • Shipwrecks (1) + -
  • Tiger (1) + -
  • Trappers (1) + -
  • Volunteers (1) + -
  • Watchmen (1) + -
  • Wealth (1) + -
  • Weddings (1) + -
  • West (U.S.) (1) + -
  • Whiskey (1) + -
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Character

  • James, Frank, 1844-1915 (2) + -
  • James, Jesse, 1847-1882 (2) + -
  • Ford, Charles Wilson, 1857-1884 (1) + -
  • Ford, Robert, 1862-1892 (1) + -
  • Washington, George, 1732-1799 (1) + -
  • Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796 (1) + -

Place

  • Wall Street (New York, N.Y.) (7) + -
  • United States (2) + -
  • India (1) + -
  • Jackson County (Mo.) (1) + -
  • New York (N.Y.) (1) + -
  • West (U.S.) (1) + -

Format

  • Nickel weeklies (28) + -

Collection

  • Edward T. LeBlanc Collection. Rare Books and Special Collections, Northern Illinois University. (28) + -

Query

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Enabled Filters

  • (-) = Stevens, D. W., 1849-1901

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The boy maroons, or, Cast away for two years
Driven ashore in lost latitudes, or, The strange story of the Skeleton Island
Running Rob, or, Mad Anthony's rollicking scout
After a square deal, or, The richest claim in the West
A born broker, or, The success of a Wall Street boy
A boy from the streets, or, The old broker's protege
Old disaster, or, The perils of the pioneers
Hal Horton's grit, or, A boy from the country
A grip on the market, or, A hot time in Wall Street
A young gold king, or, The treasure of the secret caves
A corner in stock, or, The Wall Street boy who won
A freak of fortune, or, The boy who struck luck
The block house boys, or, The young pioneers of the Great Lakes
Bound to rise, or, Fighting his way to success
A start in life, or, A bright boy's ambition
The boy volunteers, or, The boss fire company of the town
James boys at Cracker Neck
A start in life, or, A poor boy's rise to fame
250,000 in gold, or, Hunting a hindoo treasure
Ford boys' vengeance, or, From bandits to detectives
Dollars and cents, or, From cash boy to partner
Sharp and smart, the young brokers, and, How they made a million
A lad of iron nerve, or, Little Joe's big bonanza
Ed, the express boy, or, His own route to fortune
Driven to the wall, or, The nerve of a Wall Street boy
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