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Publication Date

1861 - 1906
(years)

Genre

  • Western stories (16) + -
  • Historical fiction (5) + -
  • Adventure stories (2) + -
  • Romance fiction (2) + -
  • War stories (2) + -
  • Civil War stories (1) + -
  • Science fiction (1) + -
  • Spy stories (1) + -

Series

  • Beadle's new dime novels (10) + -
  • Beadle's dime novels (9) + -
  • Pluck and luck (2) + -
  • Five cent wide awake library (1) + -

Author

  • Aiken, Albert W., 1846-1894 (4) + -
  • Coomes, Oll, 1845-1921 (4) + -
  • Ellis, Edward Sylvester, 1840-1916 (4) + -
  • Adams, Bruin, 1840-1916 (3) + -
  • Old scout (2) + -
  • "Noname" (1) + -
  • Adams, J. F. C., Captain (1) + -
  • Bowen, James L. (James Lorenzo), 1842-1919 (1) + -
  • Martine, Max, Major (1) + -
  • Robinson, George W., 1843-1913 (1) + -

Publisher

  • Beadle and Adams (1872-1898) (13) + -
  • Beadle and Company (6) + -
  • Tousey, Frank (3) + -

Topic

  • Indian captivities (6) + -
  • Frontier and pioneer life (5) + -
  • Indians of North America (4) + -
  • Lakota Indians (4) + -
  • Scalping (4) + -
  • Trappers (4) + -
  • Crow Indians (3) + -
  • Escapes (3) + -
  • Massacres (3) + -
  • Rescues (3) + -
  • Abduction (2) + -
  • Arapaho Indians (2) + -
  • Battles (2) + -
  • Dakota War, Minnesota, 1862 (2) + -
  • Danites (Mormon Church) (2) + -
  • Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876 (2) + -
  • Mandan Indians (2) + -
  • Manitou (Algonquian deity) (2) + -
  • Missing persons (2) + -
  • Mormons (2) + -
  • Scouts (Reconnaissance) (2) + -
  • Wagon trains (2) + -
  • Adopted children (1) + -
  • African Americans (1) + -
  • Ambushes and surprises (1) + -
  • American bison hunting (1) + -
  • Artists (1) + -
  • Bounty hunters (1) + -
  • Brigands and robbers (1) + -
  • Brothers (1) + -
  • Canoes and canoeing (1) + -
  • Cliff-dwellings (1) + -
  • Consortia (1) + -
  • Electric automobiles (1) + -
  • Gold mines and mining (1) + -
  • Hanging (1) + -
  • Hunters (1) + -
  • Indian agents (1) + -
  • Indian scouts (1) + -
  • Inventors (1) + -
  • Irish Americans (1) + -
  • Merchants (1) + -
  • Missionaries (1) + -
  • Pawnee Indians (1) + -
  • Poachers (1) + -
  • Poisoning (1) + -
  • Prairies (1) + -
  • Prophets (1) + -
  • Revenge (1) + -
  • Shooters of firearms (1) + -
  • Shooting contests (1) + -
  • Sihasapa Indians (1) + -
  • Siksika Indians (1) + -
  • Spaniards (1) + -
  • Spies (1) + -
  • Steamboats (1) + -
  • Trading posts (1) + -
  • Trials (1) + -
  • Vacations (1) + -
  • Ventriloquists (1) + -
  • Vigilantes (1) + -
  • Women heroes (1) + -
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Character

  • Custer, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876 (2) + -
  • Sitting Bull, 1831-1890 (2) + -
  • Reade, Frank, Jr. (Fictitious character) (1) + -

Place

  • Great Plains (3) + -
  • Minnesota (3) + -
  • Bighorn Mountains (Wyo. and Mont.) (2) + -
  • Fort Benton (Fort Benton, Mont. : Fort) (2) + -
  • Great Salt Lake (Utah) (2) + -
  • Green River (Utah) (2) + -
  • Powder River (Wyo. and Mont.) (2) + -
  • United States (2) + -
  • Yellowstone River (2) + -
  • Yellowstone Trail (Highway) (2) + -
  • Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.) (1) + -
  • Fort Leavenworth (Kan.) (1) + -
  • Iowa (1) + -
  • Little Sioux (Iowa) (1) + -
  • Milk River (Mont. and Alta.) (1) + -
  • Missouri River (1) + -
  • Missouri River Valley (1) + -
  • New Ulm (Minn.) (1) + -
  • Rapid Creek (S.D.) (1) + -
  • West (U.S.) (1) + -
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Format

  • Dime novels (19) + -
  • Nickel weeklies (3) + -

Collection

  • Johannsen Collection. Rare Books and Special Collections, Northern Illinois University. (19) + -
  • Edward T. LeBlanc Collection. Rare Books and Special Collections, Northern Illinois University. (3) + -

Query

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Enabled Filters

  • (-) = Dakota Indians

Sort

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Frank Reade, Jr., in the far west, or, The search for a lost gold mine
The boy prairie courier, or, General Custer's youngest aide
Foghorn Phil, the king of the border, or, The secret foe
Old Bear-Paw, the trapper king, or, The love of a Blackfoot queen
The black spy, or, The Yellowstone trail
Indian Jim
Old Zip, or, The cabin in the air
The boy ranger, or, The heiress of the golden horn
Custer's last shot, or, The boy trailer of the Little Horn
Dead shot, or, The White Vulture
Nat Todd, or, The fate of the Sioux' captive
Eagle Plume, the white avenger
The Dacotah scourge, or, The white antelope of the Pawnees
The White Vulture, or, The trail by the Yellowstone
Foghorn Phil, the king of the border, or, The secret foe
Old Zip, or, The cabin in the air
The black spy, or, The Yellowstone trail
The first trail, or, The forest foundling
The hunter's escape
Eagle Plume, the white avenger
Silent Shot the slayer, or, The secret chamber of the Hunter's Lodge
Nathan Todd, or, The fate of the Sioux' captive

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