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Publication Date

1879 - 1925
(years)

Genre

  • Fire fighters and firefighting stories (10) + -
  • Adventure stories (8) + -
  • Detective and mystery stories (8) + -
  • Bildungsromans (5) + -
  • Historical fiction (3) + -
  • War stories (3) + -
  • American Revolutionary War stories (2) + -
  • Romance fiction (2) + -
  • Western stories (2) + -
  • Bandit, outlaw, and highwayman stories (1) + -
  • Didactic fiction (1) + -
  • Ghost stories (1) + -
  • Hunting stories (1) + -
  • Railroad stories (1) + -
  • Sea stories (1) + -
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Series

  • Pluck and luck (25) + -
  • Waverley library (quarto edition) (3) + -

Author

  • Warden, Ex-Firechief (10) + -
  • Wade, William (6) + -
  • Draper, Allyn (4) + -
  • Merritt, James C. (3) + -
  • Arnold, Allan (2) + -
  • Fenton, Ralph, Colonel (2) + -
  • Gordon, James A., General (2) + -
  • Montgomery, Richard R. (2) + -
  • Sherman, John (2) + -
  • Appleton, Horace (1) + -
  • Austin, Howard (1) + -
  • Author of "Clifton" (1) + -
  • Fleming, Alice May (1) + -
  • Old scout (1) + -
  • Richards, J. P. (1) + -
  • Southworth, Arabella (1) + -
  • Stevens, D. W., 1849-1901 (1) + -
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Publisher

  • Tousey, Frank (20) + -
  • Wolff, Harry E. (5) + -
  • Beadle and Adams (1872-1898) (3) + -

Topic

  • Rescues (15) + -
  • Fire fighters (9) + -
  • Escapes (7) + -
  • Fires (6) + -
  • Heroes (6) + -
  • Conduct of life (4) + -
  • Enemies (4) + -
  • Friendship (4) + -
  • Explosions (3) + -
  • Man-woman relationships (3) + -
  • Murder (3) + -
  • Arrest (2) + -
  • Casualties (2) + -
  • Disappointment (2) + -
  • Governesses (2) + -
  • Guardian and ward (2) + -
  • Heirs (2) + -
  • Orphans (2) + -
  • Prisoners (2) + -
  • Pyromania (2) + -
  • Soldiers (2) + -
  • Wolves (2) + -
  • Young men (2) + -
  • Accidents (1) + -
  • American loyalists (1) + -
  • Apparitions (1) + -
  • Balls (Parties) (1) + -
  • Beggars (1) + -
  • Betrayal (1) + -
  • Boys (1) + -
  • Brothers (1) + -
  • Bullying (1) + -
  • Castaways (1) + -
  • Caves (1) + -
  • Death (1) + -
  • Disguise (1) + -
  • Doppelgängers (1) + -
  • Dwarfs (1) + -
  • Earthquakes (1) + -
  • Extortion (1) + -
  • Families (1) + -
  • Fathers and sons (1) + -
  • Fire (1) + -
  • Floods (1) + -
  • Forgery (1) + -
  • Fortune hunters (1) + -
  • Grizzly bear (1) + -
  • History (1) + -
  • Homesickness (1) + -
  • Hunters (1) + -
  • Indians of North America (1) + -
  • Inheritance and succession (1) + -
  • Interpersonal relations (1) + -
  • Irish (1) + -
  • Islands (1) + -
  • Jealousy (1) + -
  • Kidnapping (1) + -
  • Kings and rulers (1) + -
  • Lighthouses (1) + -
  • Millionaires (1) + -
  • Missing persons (1) + -
  • Mothers (1) + -
  • Mutiny (1) + -
  • Outlaws (1) + -
  • Parades (1) + -
  • Physicians (1) + -
  • Poverty (1) + -
  • Railroad conductors (1) + -
  • Revenge (1) + -
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Character

  • James, Jesse, 1847-1882 (1) + -
  • King, Kit (Fictitious character) (1) + -
  • Pawnee Bill, 1860-1942 (1) + -

Place

  • New York (State) (3) + -
  • United States (2) + -
  • Boston (Mass.) (1) + -
  • Chile (1) + -
  • Ireland (1) + -
  • Minnesota (1) + -
  • New England (1) + -
  • New York (N.Y.) (1) + -
  • Pennsylvania (1) + -
  • Philippines (1) + -
  • Samoan Islands (1) + -
  • Southwestern States (1) + -
  • Vermont (1) + -
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Format

  • Nickel weeklies (28) + -

Collection

  • Edward T. LeBlanc Collection. Rare Books and Special Collections, Northern Illinois University. (23) + -
  • Johannsen Collection. Rare Books and Special Collections, Northern Illinois University. (5) + -

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The boyhood days of "Pawnee Bill", or, From the schoolroom to the frontier
Dick, "I will," or, The plucky fight of a boy orphan
Nameless Nat, or, A millionaire in rags
The doomed city, or, The hidden foe of Plummerdale
The boy maroons, or, Cast away for two years
Hero forty-four, or, The boy fireman of Ashland
The midnight alarm, or, The boys of old no. 9
A haunted boy, or, The mad-house mystery
A poor Irish boy, or, Fighting his own way
Rob Rollstone, or, The boy gold hunters of the Philippines
Dick, "I will," or, The plucky fight of a boy orphan
The twenty silent wolves, or, The wild riders of the mountains
Sixty mile Sam, or, Bound to be on time
Wide awake Will, the boy fireman of no. 3, or, Fighting the flames for fame and fortune
Harry Hook, the boy fireman of no. 1, or, Always at his post
Hook and ladder Jack, the daring young fireman
Hook and ladder no. 2
At 12 o'clock, or, The mystery of the lighthouse, a story of the revolution
Still alarm Sam, the daring boy fireman, or, Sure to be on hand
Moll Pitcher's boy, or, As brave as his mother
Joe Jeckel, the prince of firemen
The young king, or, Dick Dunn in search of his brother
A brave girl, or, Sunshine at last
The wolf hunters of Minnesota
Alone in the world, or, The young man's ward
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