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Nickels and Dimes: From the Collections of Johannsen and LeBlanc Nickels and Dimes: From the Collections of Johannsen and LeBlanc

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Publication Date

1891 - 1925
(years)

Genre

  • Fire fighters and firefighting stories (30) + -
  • Bildungsromans (14) + -
  • Detective and mystery stories (9) + -
  • Adventure stories (8) + -
  • Didactic fiction (1) + -
  • Sea stories (1) + -

Series

  • Pluck and luck (30) + -
  • Nugget library (1) + -

Author

  • Warden, Ex-Firechief (30) + -
  • Wade, William (13) + -
  • Appleton, Horace (4) + -
  • Richards, J. P. (3) + -
  • Armstrong, Alexander (1) + -
  • Barnard, Charles (1) + -
  • Clyde, Kit (1) + -
  • Sherman, John (1) + -
  • Stevens, D. W., 1849-1901 (1) + -

Publisher

  • Tousey, Frank (20) + -
  • Wolff, Harry E. (10) + -
  • Street & Smith (1) + -

Topic

  • Rescues (30) + -
  • Fires (16) + -
  • Heroes (16) + -
  • Escapes (11) + -
  • Courage (9) + -
  • Fire (5) + -
  • Lifesaving at fires (5) + -
  • Fire departments (4) + -
  • Conspiracy (3) + -
  • Fire chiefs (3) + -
  • Forgery (3) + -
  • Jealousy (3) + -
  • Missing persons (3) + -
  • Volunteers (3) + -
  • Casualties (2) + -
  • Disguise (2) + -
  • Explosions (2) + -
  • Fathers and sons (2) + -
  • Invalids (2) + -
  • Ladders (2) + -
  • Libel and slander (2) + -
  • Murder (2) + -
  • Pyromania (2) + -
  • Widows (2) + -
  • Apologies (1) + -
  • Apparitions (1) + -
  • Arrest (1) + -
  • Arson (1) + -
  • Attempted murder (1) + -
  • Bank robberies (1) + -
  • Beggars (1) + -
  • Brothers (1) + -
  • Crosses (1) + -
  • Dance parties (1) + -
  • Elections (1) + -
  • Extortion (1) + -
  • Fathers and daughters (1) + -
  • Fire engines (1) + -
  • Fire stations (1) + -
  • Fireboats (1) + -
  • Industrial relations (1) + -
  • Inheritance and succession (1) + -
  • Kidnapping (1) + -
  • Mills and mill-work (1) + -
  • Mobs (1) + -
  • Prisoners (1) + -
  • Remorse (1) + -
  • Robbery (1) + -
  • Sleighing (1) + -
  • Threats (1) + -
  • Wealth (1) + -
  • Wills (1) + -
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Place

  • New York (N.Y.) (3) + -
  • New York (State) (2) + -
  • New England (1) + -
  • Pennsylvania (1) + -

Format

  • Nickel weeklies (31) + -

Collection

  • Edward T. LeBlanc Collection. Rare Books and Special Collections, Northern Illinois University. (28) + -
  • Johannsen Collection. Rare Books and Special Collections, Northern Illinois University. (3) + -

Query

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  • (-) = Fire fighters

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The phantom fireman, or, The mystery of Mark Howland's life
Columbia, or, The young firemen of Glendale
Phil, the boy fireman, or, Through flames to victory
A fireman at sixteen, or, Through flame and smoke
The pride of the volunteers, or, Burke Halliday, the boy fireman
The boy volunteers, or, The boss fire company of the town
Fred Flame, The hero of Greystone, No. 1
Liberty Hose, or, The pride of Plattsville
Tom Barry of Barrington, or, The hero of no. 4
Through smoke and flame, or, The rival firemen of Irvington
Resolute No. 10, or, The boy fire company of Fulton
Number 6, or, The young firemen of Carbondale
Hero forty-four, or, The boy fireman of Ashland
A fireman at sixteen, or, Through flame and smoke
The pride of the volunteers, or, Burke Halliday, the boy fireman
The boy volunteers, or, The boss fire company of the town
Liberty Hose, or, The pride of Plattsville
Tom Barry of Barrington, or, The hero of no. 4
Edgewood no. 2, or, The only boy in the fire company
"Old Put," or, The fire boys of Brandon
Mazeppa no. 2, the boy fire company of Carlton, or, Plucky work on ladder and line
High Ladder Harry, the young fireman of Freeport, or, Always at the top
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
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