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From the Collections of Johannsen and LeBlanc

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Publication Date

1861 - 1887
(years)

Genre

  • Western stories (14) + -
  • Adventure stories (3) + -
  • Historical fiction (2) + -
  • Romance fiction (2) + -
  • Ghost stories (1) + -
  • War stories (1) + -

Series

  • Beadle's dime novels (10) + -
  • Beadle's new dime novels (8) + -
  • Five cent wide awake library (2) + -

Author

  • Hamilton, W. J., 1843-1892 (5) + -
  • Willett, Edward, 1830-1889 (5) + -
  • Braddon, Paul (2) + -
  • Armstrong, Frank P., Captain, 1846-1894 (1) + -
  • Dexter, Will, 1845-1921 (1) + -
  • Ellis, Edward Sylvester, 1840-1916 (1) + -
  • Hazard, Harry (1) + -
  • Henderson, J. Stanley, 1830-1889 (1) + -
  • Randolph, J. H., Lieutenant (1) + -
  • St. John, Percy B. (Percy Bolingbroke), 1821-1889 (1) + -
  • Victor, Metta Victoria Fuller, 1831-1885 (1) + -
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Publisher

  • Beadle and Adams (1872-1898) (12) + -
  • Beadle and Company (6) + -
  • Tousey, Frank (2) + -

Topic

  • Mexicans (8) + -
  • Outlaws (5) + -
  • Frontier and pioneer life (4) + -
  • Apache Indians (3) + -
  • Revenge (3) + -
  • Women heroes (3) + -
  • Fire eating (2) + -
  • History (2) + -
  • Indian captivities (2) + -
  • Parachutes (2) + -
  • Abduction (1) + -
  • African American men (1) + -
  • Apparitions (1) + -
  • Creoles (1) + -
  • Delaware Indians (1) + -
  • Derringer pistols (1) + -
  • Dutch (1) + -
  • Explorers (1) + -
  • Explosives, Military (1) + -
  • Ghosts (1) + -
  • Girls (1) + -
  • Guerrillas (1) + -
  • Hanging (1) + -
  • Horse stealing (1) + -
  • Hunters (1) + -
  • Impersonation (1) + -
  • Indian freemasons (1) + -
  • Indian women (1) + -
  • Indians of North America (1) + -
  • Inventions (1) + -
  • Investigation (1) + -
  • Iron mines and mining (1) + -
  • Magic tricks (1) + -
  • Masons (1) + -
  • Missing children (1) + -
  • Murder (1) + -
  • Mustang (1) + -
  • Pilots and pilotage (1) + -
  • Prophecy (1) + -
  • Prophets (1) + -
  • Rescues (1) + -
  • Scalping (1) + -
  • Scouts (Reconnaissance) (1) + -
  • Spies (1) + -
  • Tonkawa Indians (1) + -
  • Trappers (1) + -
  • Tricks (1) + -
  • Vigilance committees (1) + -
  • Wagon trains (1) + -
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Character

  • McCulloch's Texas Rangers (1) + -

Place

  • Texas (11) + -
  • Mexico (4) + -
  • New Mexico (4) + -
  • Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) (1) + -
  • Llano Estacado (1) + -
  • Missouri Territory (1) + -
  • Nueces River (Tex.) (1) + -
  • Red River (N.M.: River) (1) + -
  • Rio Grande (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.) (1) + -
  • San Saba (Tex.) (1) + -
  • Southwestern States (1) + -
  • Trinity River (Tex.) (1) + -
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Format

  • Dime novels (18) + -
  • Nickel weeklies (2) + -

Collection

  • Johannsen Collection. Rare Books and Special Collections, Northern Illinois University. (18) + -
  • Edward T. LeBlanc Collection. Rare Books and Special Collections, Northern Illinois University. (2) + -

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  • (-) = Comanche Indians

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Jack o' the plains, or, The headless Mazeppa
The Red River pilot
Mountain Ned, or, The flying scout
The Tonkawa spy, or, The Comanche foray
Single Hand, the Comanche Attila, or, The chaparral rangers
The young mustanger, or, The red terror of Texas
The fire-eater, or, The Texan's revenge
Bess, the trapper
The prairie queen, or, Tom Western, the Texan ranger
The prairie pathfinder, or, The lost sister
The white canoe, or, The spirit of the lake
Single Hand, the Comanche Attila, or, The chaparral rangers
Swiftwing, the squaw, or, The phantom warrior
The flying scout
The blue band, or, The mystery of the silver star
Arrow, the avenger, or Judge Lynch on the border
The fire-eater, or, The Texan's revenge
The two hunters, or, The canyon camp
Irona, or, Life on the old South-West border
The Texan scout, or, The Jarocho's sister

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