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Publication Date

1860 - 1927
(years)

Genre

  • Bildungsromans (11) + -
  • Romance fiction (6) + -
  • War stories (6) + -
  • Historical fiction (5) + -
  • Adventure stories (4) + -
  • American Revolutionary War stories (4) + -
  • Western stories (4) + -
  • Detective and mystery stories (3) + -
  • Fire fighters and firefighting stories (2) + -
  • Baseball stories (1) + -
  • Ghost stories (1) + -
  • School and sports stories (1) + -
  • Sea stories (1) + -
  • Sports stories (1) + -
  • Temperance stories (1) + -
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Series

  • Fame and fortune weekly (10) + -
  • Beadle's dime novels (7) + -
  • Beadle's new dime novels (6) + -
  • Pluck and luck (6) + -
  • Five cent wide awake library (5) + -

Author

  • Self-made man, 1853-1915 (10) + -
  • Garne, Gaston (9) + -
  • Hamilton, W. J., 1843-1892 (6) + -
  • Denison, Mary A. (Mary Andrews), 1826-1911 (3) + -
  • Fenton, Ralph, Colonel (3) + -
  • King, Ed (2) + -
  • Warden, Ex-Firechief (2) + -
  • Ah-look, Commodore (1) + -
  • Brougham, J. T. (1) + -
  • Clyde, Kit (1) + -
  • Dayton, Will, Captain (1) + -
  • Dowd, Jno. B. (John B.), 1841-1906 (1) + -
  • Ellis, Edward Sylvester, 1840-1916 (1) + -
  • Gordon, James A., General (1) + -
  • Iron, N. C. (Nathaniel Colchester) (1) + -
  • Johnstone, Herrick (1) + -
  • Kellogg, Lieut. E. H. (1) + -
  • Merritt, James C. (1) + -
  • Richards, J. P. (1) + -
  • Shackleford, H. K. (Harvey King), 1841-1906 (1) + -
  • Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia), 1810-1886 (1) + -
  • Wade, William (1) + -
  • Wood, N. S. (1) + -
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Publisher

  • Tousey, Frank (13) + -
  • Wolff, Harry E. (7) + -
  • Beadle and Adams (1872-1898) (6) + -
  • Beadle and Company (6) + -
  • Irwin P. Beadle & Co. (1859-1860) (1) + -
  • Westbury Publishing Co., Inc. (1) + -

Topic

  • History (6) + -
  • Frontier and pioneer life (4) + -
  • Indians of North America (4) + -
  • Rescues (4) + -
  • Robbery (4) + -
  • Courage (3) + -
  • Mohawk Indians (3) + -
  • Murder (3) + -
  • Young businesspeople (3) + -
  • American loyalists (2) + -
  • Clairvoyants (2) + -
  • Conduct of life (2) + -
  • Dramatists (2) + -
  • Fire fighters (2) + -
  • French (2) + -
  • Investigation (2) + -
  • Kyphosis (2) + -
  • Oneida Indians (2) + -
  • Patients (2) + -
  • Pyromania (2) + -
  • Sales personnel (2) + -
  • Abduction (1) + -
  • Abusive men (1) + -
  • Alcoholics (1) + -
  • Alcoholism (1) + -
  • Arrest (1) + -
  • Bank robberies (1) + -
  • Baseball coaches (1) + -
  • Baseball teams (1) + -
  • Blind (1) + -
  • Boys (1) + -
  • Bullies (1) + -
  • Business (1) + -
  • Campaigns (1) + -
  • Card games (1) + -
  • Circus (1) + -
  • Clerks (Retail trade) (1) + -
  • Disguise (1) + -
  • Enemies (1) + -
  • Farmers (1) + -
  • Ferries (1) + -
  • Fort Stanwix (Rome, N.Y.) (1) + -
  • Friendship (1) + -
  • Grave robbing (1) + -
  • Hand-to-hand fighting (1) + -
  • Inheritance and succession (1) + -
  • Iroquois Indians (1) + -
  • Kidnapping (1) + -
  • Letters (1) + -
  • Long Island, Battle of, New York, N.Y., 1776 (1) + -
  • Marriage (1) + -
  • Minutemen (Militia) (1) + -
  • Mothers (1) + -
  • Orphans (1) + -
  • People with disabilities (1) + -
  • Pilots and pilotage (1) + -
  • Romanies (1) + -
  • Scalping (1) + -
  • Schoolboys (1) + -
  • Scouts (Reconnaissance) (1) + -
  • Siege, 1777 (1) + -
  • Social life and customs (1) + -
  • Soldiers (1) + -
  • Steamboats (1) + -
  • Temperance (1) + -
  • Theater (1) + -
  • Theft (1) + -
  • Treasure troves (1) + -
  • Young men (1) + -
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Character

  • Brant, Joseph, 1742-1807 (2) + -
  • Claus, Daniel, 1727-1787 (1) + -
  • Gansevoort, Peter, 1749-1812 (1) + -
  • Johnson, William Samuel, 1727-1819 (1) + -
  • St. Leger, Barry, 1799-1829 (1) + -
  • Washington, George, 1732-1799 (1) + -
  • Wenona, Chief of St. Regis (Fictitious character) (1) + -

Place

  • United States (5) + -
  • Connecticut (2) + -
  • Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.) (2) + -
  • Catskill Mountains (N.Y.) (1) + -
  • Delaware River (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.) (1) + -
  • Fort Ticonderoga (N.Y.) (1) + -
  • Schenectady (N.Y.) (1) + -
  • Virginia (1) + -

Format

  • Nickel weeklies (21) + -
  • Dime novels (13) + -

Collection

  • Edward T. LeBlanc Collection. Rare Books and Special Collections, Northern Illinois University. (18) + -
  • Johannsen Collection. Rare Books and Special Collections, Northern Illinois University. (16) + -

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Billy Button, the young clown and bareback rider
Sam Sharpe at school
Master of himself, or, A boy's fight in the world
A boy with grit, or, The young salesman who made his mark
Facing the world, or, A poor boy's fight for fortune
A struggle for fame, or, The gamest boy in the world
Watching his chance, or, From ferry boy to captain
Friendless Frank, or, The boy who became famous
Bound to rise, or, Fighting his way to success
A big stroke, or, The lad who made a record
Little Blind Joe, or, The sharks of New York
The nine of Ninevah, or, The boys who beat the league
Captain Jim and Pilot Joe, or, The rival steamboats of Crooked Lake
Cast up, or, Adventures on the briny deep
A boy with grit, or, The young salesman who made his mark
A struggle for fame, or, The gamest boy in the world
The white hermit, or, The unknown foe
Florida, or, The iron will
Moll Pitcher's boy, or, As brave as his mother
The hunchback, or, The cave castle
Dick Duncan, or, The blight of the bowl
The scout's prize, or, The old Dutch blunderbuss
Red Slayer, the life hunter
The hunchback, or, The cave castle
The road to success, or, The career of a fortunate boy
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