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Publication Date

1888 - 1923
(years)

Genre

  • Adventure stories (8) + -
  • Detective and mystery stories (5) + -
  • Historical fiction (5) + -
  • Sea stories (3) + -
  • American Revolutionary War stories (2) + -
  • Bildungsromans (2) + -
  • School and sports stories (2) + -
  • Sports stories (2) + -
  • Spy stories (2) + -
  • Western stories (2) + -
  • Bandit, outlaw, and highwayman stories (1) + -
  • Fire fighters and firefighting stories (1) + -
  • Ghost stories (1) + -
  • Pirates and privateering stories (1) + -
  • Polar exploration stories (1) + -
  • Temperance stories (1) + -
  • War stories (1) + -
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Series

  • Pluck and luck (21) + -
  • Nugget library (4) + -
  • Tip top weekly (1) + -

Author

  • Wade, William (9) + -
  • Richards, J. P. (5) + -
  • Appleton, Horace (4) + -
  • Austin, Howard (4) + -
  • Dowd, Jno. B. (John B.), 1841-1906 (4) + -
  • Draper, Allyn (4) + -
  • Arnold, Allan (2) + -
  • Gordon, James A., General (2) + -
  • Sherman, John (2) + -
  • Armstrong, Alexander (1) + -
  • Bertrew, Berton (1) + -
  • Burrage, E. Harcourt (Edwin Harcourt) (1) + -
  • Cowan, John F. (John Franklin), 1854-1942 (1) + -
  • Fenton, Ralph, Colonel (1) + -
  • Frank (1) + -
  • Montgomery, Richard R. (1) + -
  • Old scout (1) + -
  • Standish, Burt L., 1866-1945 (1) + -
  • Taylor, R.M. (1) + -
  • Warden, Ex-Firechief (1) + -
  • Wilson, Thomas H., Captain (1) + -
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Publisher

  • Tousey, Frank (13) + -
  • Wolff, Harry E. (8) + -
  • Street & Smith (5) + -

Topic

  • Conduct of life (25) + -
  • Escapes (7) + -
  • Accidents (4) + -
  • Murder (4) + -
  • History (3) + -
  • Robbery (3) + -
  • Schools (3) + -
  • Alcoholics (2) + -
  • Alcoholism (2) + -
  • Clubs (2) + -
  • Courage (2) + -
  • Diamonds (2) + -
  • Dwarfs (2) + -
  • Fires (2) + -
  • Friendship (2) + -
  • Gorilla (2) + -
  • Indians of North America (2) + -
  • Interpersonal relations (2) + -
  • Lion (2) + -
  • Outlaws (2) + -
  • Pirates (2) + -
  • Rescues (2) + -
  • Revenge (2) + -
  • Sports rivalries (2) + -
  • Suicide victims (2) + -
  • African American cowboys (1) + -
  • American loyalists (1) + -
  • Arrest (1) + -
  • Avalanches (1) + -
  • Bears (1) + -
  • Blizzards (1) + -
  • Boats and boating (1) + -
  • Bodyguards (1) + -
  • Card games (1) + -
  • Caves (1) + -
  • Diamond mines and mining (1) + -
  • Dynamite (1) + -
  • Earthquakes (1) + -
  • Employees (1) + -
  • Enemies (1) + -
  • Excavations (Archaeology) (1) + -
  • Executions and executioners (1) + -
  • Explorers (1) + -
  • Famines (1) + -
  • Fathers and sons (1) + -
  • Fire (1) + -
  • First loves (1) + -
  • Floods (1) + -
  • Fortune (1) + -
  • Fortune hunters (1) + -
  • Gamblers (1) + -
  • Gunfights (1) + -
  • Hand-to-hand fighting (1) + -
  • Harpoons (1) + -
  • Haunted places (1) + -
  • Horse stealing (1) + -
  • Horsemen and horsewomen (1) + -
  • Kyphosis (1) + -
  • Missing persons (1) + -
  • Mutiny (1) + -
  • Parades (1) + -
  • Patients (1) + -
  • Poisoning (1) + -
  • Practical jokes (1) + -
  • Prisoners (1) + -
  • Queens (1) + -
  • Railroads (1) + -
  • Romanies (1) + -
  • Rowing (1) + -
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Character

  • Marie Antoinette, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, 1755-1793 (1) + -
  • Merriwell, Frank (Fictitious character) (1) + -
  • Washington, George, 1732-1799 (1) + -

Place

  • New York (N.Y.) (6) + -
  • United States (3) + -
  • Pennsylvania (2) + -
  • Arctic regions (1) + -
  • Chicago (Ill.) (1) + -
  • Erie Canal (N.Y.) (1) + -
  • France (1) + -
  • New York (State) (1) + -
  • Philippines (1) + -
  • South Africa (1) + -
  • Virginia (1) + -
  • Wind River Valley (Wyo.) (1) + -
  • Yucatán (Mexico : State) (1) + -
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Format

  • Nickel weeklies (26) + -

Collection

  • Edward T. LeBlanc Collection. Rare Books and Special Collections, Northern Illinois University. (24) + -
  • Johannsen Collection. Rare Books and Special Collections, Northern Illinois University. (1) + -
  • Merriwell Collection. Rare Books and Special Collections, Northern Illinois University. (1) + -

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  • (-) = Young men

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Lost in the blizzard, or, The snow-bound school boys
The iron grays, or, The boy riders of the Rapidan
Alow and aloft, or, The dashing boy harpooner
The young diamond hunters, or, Two runaway boys in treasure land
The haunted hut, or, The ghosts of Rocky Gulch
Twenty boy spies, or, The secret band of Dismal Hollow
The merry ten, or, The shadows of a social club
Through thick and thin, or, Our boys abroad
The boy tenderfoot, or, The outlaws of Crooked Canyon
The young Rip Van Winkle
Dave and the diamond, or, The boy who came from Brazil
The midnight alarm, or, The boys of old no. 9
Rob Rollstone, or, The boy gold hunters of the Philippines
Three young guardsmen, or, The chosen champions of the queen
The rival schools, or, Fighting for the championship
The merry ten, or, The shadows of a social club
Through thick and thin, or, Our boys abroad
The two schools at Oakdale, or, The rival students of Corrina Lake
Frank Merriwell's advancement, or, Engineer of the Mountain Express
Dick Duncan, or, The blight of the bowl
The first glass, or, The woe of wine : a story of four friends
Bare-back Bill, or, The freaks and fortunes of a tow-boy
Bold Bertie, the wild boy of the woods
Star-spangled Dick, or, The boy hero of Wyoming
The school-boy explorers, or, Among the ruins of Yucatan
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