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Publication Date

1878 - 1930

(years)

Genre

Bildungsromans (297) + -
Western stories (164) + -
Sea stories (128) + -
Detective and mystery stories (109) + -
Historical fiction (68) + -
Humorous stories (66) + -
Adventure stories (58) + -
Success stories (46) + -
War stories (41) + -
Fire fighters and firefighting stories (28) + -

Civil War stories (21) + -
Science fiction (19) + -
School and sports stories (18) + -
Spy stories (15) + -
American Revolutionary War stories (11) + -
Bandit, outlaw, and highwayman stories (11) + -
Polar exploration stories (10) + -
Ghost stories (9) + -
Pirates and privateering stories (8) + -
Stage and theatre stories (8) + -
Romance fiction (6) + -
Sports stories (6) + -
Temperance stories (6) + -
Railroad stories (5) + -
Fan fiction (4) + -
Circus and carnival stories (3) + -
Baseball stories (2) + -
Christmas stories (2) + -
Didactic fiction (2) + -
Horror stories (2) + -
Legal stories (2) + -
Pastoral fiction (2) + -
Steampunk fiction (2) + -
College stories (1) + -
Domestic fiction (1) + -
Football stories (1) + -
Hunting stories (1) + -
Slums and social action stories (1) + -

Series

Five cent wide awake library (241) + -
Pluck and luck (238) + -
Fame and fortune weekly (231) + -
Deadwood Dick library (62) + -
Deadwood Dick library (London, England) (26) + -
Blue and gray weekly (19) + -
Nugget library (18) + -
New Nick Carter weekly (New York, N.Y. : 1903) (5) + -
New York detective library (5) + -
Frank Reade library (4) + -

Frank Reade library (Frank T. Fries) (4) + -
Frank Reade weekly magazine (4) + -
Beadle's frontier series (2) + -
Secret service : Old and Young King Brady, detectives (2) + -
Arm chair journal (1) + -
Arm chair library (Brigham) (1) + -
New tip top weekly (1) + -

Author

Self-made man, 1853-1915 (231) + -
Garne, Gaston (187) + -
Wade, William (115) + -
Wheeler, Edward L. (Edward Lytton), 1854 or 1855-1885 (64) + -
Richards, J. P. (52) + -
Hemyng, Bracebridge, 1841-1901 (45) + -
Appleton, Horace (37) + -
Clyde, Kit (37) + -
King, Ed (37) + -
Pad, Peter (36) + -

Braddon, Paul (34) + -
Wilson, Thomas H., Captain (34) + -
Fenton, Ralph, Colonel (31) + -
Austin, Howard (29) + -
Armstrong, Alexander (28) + -
Stevens, D. W., 1849-1901 (28) + -
Warden, Ex-Firechief (28) + -
Draper, Allyn (27) + -
Sherman, John (26) + -
Old scout (21) + -
Teaser, Tom (21) + -
Arnold, Allan (20) + -
Lee, Harry, Lieut. (19) + -
Merritt, James C. (19) + -
Gordon, James A., General (15) + -
"Noname" (14) + -
Montgomery, Richard R. (14) + -
Shackleford, H. K. (Harvey King), 1841-1906 (12) + -
Senarens, Luis, 1863-1939 (11) + -
Bertrew, Berton (10) + -
Dowd, Jno. B. (John B.), 1841-1906 (9) + -
Starbuck, Roger, 1837- (7) + -
Williams, Gus, 1847-1915 (6) + -
Carter, Nick (5) + -
Emmet, H. C. (5) + -
Montague, Jas. D. (4) + -
Scott, J. R. (4) + -
Small, George G. (4) + -
Smith, Ralph P. (4) + -
Wood, N. S. (4) + -
Ah-look, Commodore (3) + -
Dayton, Will, Captain (3) + -
DeVere, Howard (3) + -
Doughty, Francis Worcester, -1917 (3) + -
Kellogg, Lieut. E. H. (3) + -
Rattler, Corporal Morgan (3) + -
Author of "Denver Dan and his mystic band" (2) + -
Buntline, Ned, 1822 or 1823-1886 (2) + -
Cowan, John F. (John Franklin), 1854-1942 (2) + -
Ed (2) + -
Emmet, R. T. (2) + -
Frank (2) + -
Granville, George W., Captain (2) + -
Howard, Police Captain (2) + -
Hughes, Thomas, 1822-1896 (2) + -
Lennox, Robert (2) + -
Little, C. (2) + -
Raymond, P. T. (2) + -
Reade, Phillip (2) + -
Rockwood, Harry, 1832-1873 (2) + -
Smiley, Sam (2) + -
A New York detective (1) + -
Ballou, Maturin Murray, 1820-1895 (1) + -
Barnard, Charles (1) + -
Booth, Albert J. (1) + -
Brougham, J. T. (1) + -
Burrage, E. Harcourt (Edwin Harcourt) (1) + -
Cuyler, Duke (1) + -
Davison, Henry Pomeroy, 1867-1922 (1) + -
Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870 (1) + -
Enton, Harry, 1854-1927 (1) + -
Flynn, William J., 1867-1928 (1) + -
Fox, Tom, Philadelphia Detective (1) + -
Gardner, Judson S. (1) + -
Goble, Orrin (1) + -
Graham, Preston (1) + -
Hanshew, Thomas W., 1857-1914 (1) + -
Harrigan & Hart (1) + -
Herald reporter (1) + -
Higgins, P.J. (1) + -
James, W. I., Jr (1) + -
Johnston, J. L., General (1) + -
Kennedy, Harry, ventriloquist (1) + -
Mallory, Police Sergeant (1) + -
Manly, Marline, 1854-1938 (1) + -
McWade, Robert M. (1) + -
Meserve, Arthur L. (Arthur Livermore), 1838-1896 (1) + -
Old sea captain (1) + -
Physician (1) + -
Rathborne, St. George, 1854-1938 (1) + -
Redwing, Morris, 1847-1936 (1) + -
Retired broker (1) + -
Royal, Ralph (1) + -
St. John, Percy B. (Percy Bolingbroke), 1821-1889 (1) + -
Standish, Burt L., 1866-1945 (1) + -
Standish, Hal (1) + -
Taylor, R.M. (1) + -
U. S. detective, A (1) + -
Wild Bill (1) + -
Williams, John B., M.D. (1) + -

Publisher

Tousey, Frank (502) + -
Wolff, Harry E. (214) + -
M.J. Ivers & Co. (62) + -
George Newnes, Limited (26) + -
Street & Smith (24) + -
Westbury Publishing Co., Inc. (19) + -
Fries, Frank T. (4) + -
Tousey & Small (3) + -
Arthur Westbrook Company (2) + -
James H. Brigham (1) + -

Topic

Young businesspeople (133) + -
Stockbrokers (96) + -
Rescues (91) + -
Escapes (90) + -
Treasure troves (69) + -
Outlaws (55) + -
Cowboys (47) + -
History (47) + -
Inheritance and succession (44) + -
Murder (41) + -

Character

Deadwood Dick (Fictitious character) (34) + -
Harkaway, Jack (Fictitious character) (30) + -
Clark, Jack (Fictitious character) (19) + -
Prentiss, Will (Fictitious character) (19) + -
Calamity Jane, 1856-1903 (18) + -
United States. Army of the Potomac (17) + -
Confederate States of America. Army of Northern Virginia (16) + -
Shortys (Fictitious characters) (14) + -
Old Avalanche the Annihilator (Fictitious character) (13) + -
Leone Harris (Fictitious character) (11) + -

Harkaway, Jack, Jr. (Fictitious character) (10) + -
Muldoon, Terence (Fictitious character) (9) + -
Denver Dan (Fictitious character) (8) + -
Edith Stone (Fictitious character) (8) + -
Rosebud Rob (Fictitious character) (8) + -
Sitting Bull, 1831-1890 (8) + -
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 (7) + -
Baltimore Bess (Fictitious character) (6) + -
Beauregard, G. T., 1818-1893 (5) + -
Carter, Nick (5) + -
James, Jesse, 1847-1882 (5) + -
Washington, George, 1732-1799 (5) + -
Bounce, Tommy (Fictitious character) (4) + -
Denver Doll (Fictitious character) (4) + -
James, Frank, 1844-1915 (4) + -
McClellan, George B., 1826-1885 (4) + -
Reade, Frank, Jr. (Fictitious character) (4) + -
Sam Slocum (Sierra Sam) (Fictitious character) (4) + -
United States. Navy (4) + -
Alexander II, Emperor of Russia, 1818-1881 (3) + -
Chin Chin (Fictitious character) (3) + -
Custer, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876 (3) + -
Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870 (3) + -
Lightheart, Dick (Fictitious character) (3) + -
Nicholas I, Emperor of Russia, 1796-1855 (3) + -
Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796 (3) + -
William Bethel (Little Bill) (Fictitious character) (3) + -
Wright, Jack (Fictitious character) (3) + -
Arnold, Thomas, 1795-1842 (2) + -
Crockett, Davy, 1786-1836 (2) + -
Halleck, H. W., 1815-1872 (2) + -
Jones, John Paul, 1747-1792 (2) + -
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 (2) + -
Longstreet, James, 1821-1904 (2) + -
Magruder, John Bankhead, 1807-1871 (2) + -
Napoleon, I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 (2) + -
Old King Brady (Fictitious character) (2) + -
Rugby School (2) + -
Sherman, William T., 1820-1891 (2) + -
Stuart, Jeb, 1833-1864 (2) + -
University of Oxford (2) + -
Abercromby, James, 1706-1781 (1) + -
Adams, Grizzly, 1812-1860 (1) + -
Alexander I, Emperor of Russia, 1777-1825 (1) + -
Arnold, Benedict, 1741-1801 (1) + -
Bragg, Braxton, 1817-1876 (1) + -
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (U.S.) (1) + -
Buckner, Simon Bolivar, 1823-1914 (1) + -
Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917 (1) + -
Butler, Benjamin F., 1818-1893 (1) + -
Carson, Kit, 1809-1868 (1) + -
Chicago Board of Trade Building (Chicago, Ill.) (1) + -
Confederate States of America (1) + -
Dandy Dan (Fictitious character) (1) + -
Eastern Railroad Company (1) + -
Floyd, John B., 1806-1863 (1) + -
Ford, Charles Wilson, 1857-1884 (1) + -
Ford, Robert, 1862-1892 (1) + -
India (1) + -
Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863 (1) + -
Johnston, Albert Sidney, 1803-1862 (1) + -
King, Kit (Fictitious character) (1) + -
Marie Antoinette, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, 1755-1793 (1) + -
Marion, Francis, 1732-1795 (1) + -
Merritt, Wesley, 1834-1910 (1) + -
Montcalm de Saint-Véran, Louis-Joseph, marquis de, 1712-1759 (1) + -
Nemo, Captain (Fictitious character) (1) + -
Pawnee Bill, 1860-1942 (1) + -
Pillow, Gideon Johnson, 1806-1878 (1) + -
Pizarro, Francisco, approximately 1475-1541 (1) + -
Reade, Frank (Fictitious character) (1) + -
Santa Anna, Antonio López de, 1794?-1876 (1) + -
Smith, William Farrar, 1824-1903 (1) + -
Sumter, Thomas, 1734-1832 (1) + -
Thorpe, Alfred (Fictitious character) (1) + -
United States. Pacific Railway Commission (1) + -
Yale College (1718-1887) (1) + -

Place

Wall Street (New York, N.Y.) (97) + -
New York (N.Y.) (79) + -
United States (56) + -
Colorado (20) + -
Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.) (18) + -
New York (State) (18) + -
West (U.S.) (16) + -
California (10) + -
Russia (10) + -
Leadville (Colo.) (9) + -

Format

Nickel weeklies (860) + -
Penny dreadfuls (1) + -
Reprint libraries (1) + -

Collection

Edward T. LeBlanc Collection. Rare Books and Special Collections, Northern Illinois University. (855) + -
Merriwell Collection. Rare Books and Special Collections, Northern Illinois University. (1) + -

Query

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Enabled Filters

(-) ≠ South Pacific Ocean
(-) ≠ Aldine Robin Hood library
(-) ≠ Johannsen Collection. Rare Books and Special Collections, Northern Illinois University.

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