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Publication Date

1860 - 1930

(years)

Genre

Bildungsromans (180) + -
Western stories (89) + -
Sea stories (42) + -
Detective and mystery stories (29) + -
Historical fiction (16) + -
Adventure stories (12) + -
Fire fighters and firefighting stories (9) + -
Romance fiction (6) + -
American Revolutionary War stories (5) + -
Bandit, outlaw, and highwayman stories (5) + -

Spy stories (5) + -
Fan fiction (4) + -
Polar exploration stories (4) + -
Success stories (4) + -
Pirates and privateering stories (3) + -
Railroad stories (3) + -
Science fiction (3) + -
Humorous stories (2) + -
School and sports stories (2) + -
Steampunk fiction (2) + -
Temperance stories (2) + -
Civil War stories (1) + -
Ghost stories (1) + -
Legal stories (1) + -
Sports stories (1) + -
War stories (1) + -

Series

Fame and fortune weekly (145) + -
Pluck and luck (84) + -
Deadwood Dick library (56) + -
Deadwood Dick library (London, England) (22) + -
Aldine Robin Hood library (18) + -
Nugget library (18) + -
New Nick Carter weekly (New York, N.Y. : 1903) (5) + -
Frank Reade library (Frank T. Fries) (4) + -
Beadle's dime novels (2) + -
Beadle's frontier series (2) + -

Arm chair journal (1) + -
Arm chair library (Brigham) (1) + -

Author

Garne, Gaston (145) + -
Self-made man, 1853-1915 (145) + -
Wade, William (82) + -
Wheeler, Edward L. (Edward Lytton), 1854 or 1855-1885 (58) + -
Richards, J. P. (22) + -
Appleton, Horace (16) + -
Wilson, Thomas H., Captain (15) + -
Sherman, John (14) + -
Braddon, Paul (13) + -
Fenton, Ralph, Colonel (13) + -

Austin, Howard (11) + -
Clyde, Kit (10) + -
Draper, Allyn (10) + -
Warden, Ex-Firechief (9) + -
Gordon, James A., General (8) + -
Old scout (8) + -
Armstrong, Alexander (7) + -
Arnold, Allan (7) + -
Stevens, D. W., 1849-1901 (6) + -
Carter, Nick (5) + -
Montgomery, Richard R. (4) + -
Smith, Ralph P. (4) + -
Bertrew, Berton (3) + -
Dowd, Jno. B. (John B.), 1841-1906 (3) + -
Merritt, James C. (3) + -
Senarens, Luis, 1863-1939 (3) + -
Cowan, John F. (John Franklin), 1854-1942 (2) + -
Frank (2) + -
King, Ed (2) + -
Reade, Phillip (2) + -
"Noname" (1) + -
Ballou, Maturin Murray, 1820-1895 (1) + -
Barker, Colin (1) + -
Barnard, Charles (1) + -
Buntline, Ned, 1822 or 1823-1886 (1) + -
Burrage, E. Harcourt (Edwin Harcourt) (1) + -
Cuyler, Duke (1) + -
Davison, Henry Pomeroy, 1867-1922 (1) + -
Eyster, William R. (William Reynolds), 1841-1918 (1) + -
Flynn, William J., 1867-1928 (1) + -
Gardner, Judson S. (1) + -
Graham, Preston (1) + -
Higgins, P.J. (1) + -
Meserve, Arthur L. (Arthur Livermore), 1838-1896 (1) + -
Retired broker (1) + -
Shackleford, H. K. (Harvey King), 1841-1906 (1) + -
Starbuck, Roger, 1837- (1) + -
Taylor, R.M. (1) + -
Williams, John B., M.D. (1) + -
Winner, Will (1) + -

Publisher

Wolff, Harry E. (206) + -
M.J. Ivers & Co. (56) + -
Street & Smith (23) + -
George Newnes, Limited (22) + -
Aldine Publishing Company (18) + -
Westbury Publishing Co., Inc. (18) + -
Fries, Frank T. (4) + -
Arthur Westbrook Company (2) + -
Beadle and Company (2) + -
James H. Brigham (1) + -

Topic

Young businesspeople (88) + -
Stockbrokers (65) + -
Cowboys (39) + -
Escapes (38) + -
Outlaws (35) + -
Treasure troves (35) + -
Rescues (33) + -
Women heroes (28) + -
Inheritance and succession (27) + -
Gold mines and mining (25) + -

Character

Deadwood Dick (Fictitious character) (27) + -
Calamity Jane, 1856-1903 (18) + -
Old Avalanche the Annihilator (Fictitious character) (11) + -
Leone Harris (Fictitious character) (7) + -
Edith Stone (Fictitious character) (6) + -
Rosebud Rob (Fictitious character) (6) + -
Carter, Nick (5) + -
Sitting Bull, 1831-1890 (5) + -
Baltimore Bess (Fictitious character) (4) + -
Denver Doll (Fictitious character) (4) + -

Sam Slocum (Sierra Sam) (Fictitious character) (4) + -
Washington, George, 1732-1799 (4) + -
Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796 (3) + -
William Bethel (Little Bill) (Fictitious character) (3) + -
Alexander II, Emperor of Russia, 1818-1881 (2) + -
Abercromby, James, 1706-1781 (1) + -
Chicago Board of Trade Building (Chicago, Ill.) (1) + -
Eastern Railroad Company (1) + -
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 (1) + -
James, Jesse, 1847-1882 (1) + -
Montcalm de Saint-Véran, Louis-Joseph, marquis de, 1712-1759 (1) + -
Pawnee Bill, 1860-1942 (1) + -
Wright, Jack (Fictitious character) (1) + -

Place

Wall Street (New York, N.Y.) (62) + -
New York (N.Y.) (17) + -
United States (17) + -
Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.) (11) + -
Leadville (Colo.) (9) + -
Philadelphia (Pa.) (9) + -
New York (State) (8) + -
Arizona (5) + -
California (4) + -
Mexico (4) + -

Format

Nickel weeklies (334) + -
Penny dreadfuls (19) + -
Dime novels (2) + -
Reprint libraries (1) + -

Collection

Johannsen Collection. Rare Books and Special Collections, Northern Illinois University. (2) + -

Query

(-) *:*

Enabled Filters

(-) ≠ Colorado
(-) ≠ Harkaway, Jack (Fictitious character)
(-) = Edward T. LeBlanc Collection. Rare Books and Special Collections, Northern Illinois University.
(-) ≠ Tousey, Frank
(-) ≠ Secret societies

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: Watch-eye, the shadow, or, Arabs and angels of a great city

: Watching his chance, or, From ferry boy to captain

: Wild Frank, the buckskin bravo, or, Lady Lilly's love

: Wild Ivan, the boy Claude Duval

: Will Scarlet the brave

: Yellowstone Kelly, a story of adventures in the great West

: Young Karl Kruger, or, The richest boy in the Transvaal

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