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Publication Date

1860 - 1929

(years)

Genre

Historical fiction (33) + -
Western stories (12) + -
Romance fiction (10) + -
American Revolutionary War stories (7) + -
Adventure stories (6) + -
Sea stories (6) + -
Spy stories (6) + -
Civil War stories (2) + -
Humorous stories (2) + -
Detective and mystery stories (1) + -

Pirates and privateering stories (1) + -
Travel and exploration stories (1) + -

Series

Beadle's dime novels (28) + -
Pluck and luck (10) + -
Beadle's new dime novels (9) + -
Deadwood Dick library (5) + -
Five cent wide awake library (4) + -
Nugget library (2) + -
Deadwood Dick library (London, England) (1) + -
New York detective library (1) + -

Author

Hamilton, W. J., 1843-1892 (8) + -
Gordon, James A., General (7) + -
Wade, William (7) + -
Iron, N. C. (Nathaniel Colchester) (6) + -
Wheeler, Edward L. (Edward Lytton), 1854 or 1855-1885 (5) + -
Sherman, John (3) + -
Badger, Jos. E. (Joseph Edward), 1848-1909 (2) + -
Duganne, A. J. H. (Augustine Joseph Hickey), 1823-1884 (2) + -
Old scout (2) + -
Smith, Elizabeth Oakes Prince, 1806-1893 (2) + -

Appleton, Horace (1) + -
Arnold, Allan (1) + -
Braddon, Paul (1) + -
Caldwell, J. R. (1) + -
Cavendish, Harry, 1819-1887 (1) + -
Clark, Charles Dunning, 1843-1892 (1) + -
Davison, Henry Pomeroy, 1867-1922 (1) + -
Denison, Mary A. (Mary Andrews), 1826-1911 (1) + -
Ellis, Edward Sylvester, 1840-1916 (1) + -
Emmet, H. C. (1) + -
Eyster, William R. (William Reynolds), 1841-1918 (1) + -
Gilbert, George Darcy (1) + -
Hazelton, Harry (1) + -
Henderson, Joseph L. (1) + -
Howard, Police Captain (1) + -
Ingraham, Prentiss, 1843-1904 (1) + -
Johnstone, Herrick (1) + -
LaSalle, Charles E., 1840-1916 (1) + -
Pad, Peter (1) + -
Phillipse, Robert (1) + -
Scott, J. R. (1) + -
Smiley, Sam (1) + -
St. John, Percy B. (Percy Bolingbroke), 1821-1889 (1) + -
Starbuck, Roger, 1837- (1) + -
Stevens, D. W., 1849-1901 (1) + -
Taylor, R.M. (1) + -
Victor, Metta Victoria Fuller, 1831-1885 (1) + -
Whittaker, Frederick, 1838-1889 (1) + -
Worcester, J. R. (1) + -

Publisher

Beadle and Company (26) + -
Beadle and Adams (1872-1898) (11) + -
Wolff, Harry E. (8) + -
Tousey, Frank (7) + -
M.J. Ivers & Co. (5) + -
Street & Smith (2) + -
George Newnes, Limited (1) + -

Topic

History (44) + -
Indians of North America (11) + -
Escapes (6) + -
American loyalists (5) + -
English (5) + -
Privateering (4) + -
Revenge (4) + -
Women heroes (4) + -
Conduct of life (3) + -
Enemies (3) + -

Character

Washington, George, 1732-1799 (8) + -
Deadwood Dick (Fictitious character) (3) + -
Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796 (3) + -
Arnold, Benedict, 1741-1801 (2) + -
Brant, Joseph, 1742-1807 (2) + -
Calamity Jane, 1856-1903 (2) + -
Old Avalanche the Annihilator (Fictitious character) (2) + -
Abercromby, James, 1706-1781 (1) + -
Allen, Ethan, 1738-1789 (1) + -
Allen, Ira, 1751-1814 (1) + -

Baker, Remember, 1737-1775 (1) + -
Barclay, Robert Heriot, 1786-1837 (1) + -
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (U.S.) (1) + -
Burgoyne, John, 1722-1792 (1) + -
Burgoyne, John, 1739-1785 (1) + -
Claus, Daniel, 1727-1787 (1) + -
Custer, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876 (1) + -
Great Britain (1) + -
Herkimer, Nicholas, 1728-1777 (1) + -
Howe, William Howe, Viscount, 1729-1814 (1) + -
Johnson, William Samuel, 1727-1819 (1) + -
Marion, Francis, 1732-1795 (1) + -
Montcalm de Saint-Véran, Louis-Joseph, marquis de, 1712-1759 (1) + -
Montezuma II, Emperor of Mexico, approximately 1480-1520 (1) + -
Moultrie, William, 1730-1805 (1) + -
Schuyler, Philip John, 1733-1804 (1) + -
Sitting Bull, 1831-1890 (1) + -
Sons of Liberty (1) + -
Sumter, Thomas, 1734-1832 (1) + -
Tarleton, Lieutenant-General, 1754-1833 (1) + -
United States. Pacific Railway Commission (1) + -
Warner, Seth, 1743-1784 (1) + -

Place

South Carolina (6) + -
New York (N.Y.) (3) + -
Champlain, Lake (2) + -
Erie, Lake (2) + -
High Plains (U.S.) (2) + -
Leadville (Colo.) (2) + -
Montréal (Québec) (2) + -
Nebraska (2) + -
New York (State) (2) + -
North Dakota (2) + -

Ramapo River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) (2) + -
Valley Forge (Pa.) (2) + -
Atlantic Ocean (1) + -
Bennington (Vt.) (1) + -
Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.) (1) + -
Charleston (S.C.) (1) + -
Cherry Valley (N.Y.) (1) + -
Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.) (1) + -
Confederate States of America (1) + -
Fort Frederick (Me.) (1) + -
Green Mountains (Vt.) (1) + -
Jamestown (Va.) (1) + -
Jornada del Muerto Road (N.M.) (1) + -
Juniata River Valley (Pa.) (1) + -
Lake Erie, Battle of, 1813 (1) + -
Long Island Sound (N.Y. and Conn.) (1) + -
Louisiana (1) + -
Mexico (1) + -
Missouri (1) + -
Mohawk River Valley (N.Y.) (1) + -
New Hampshire (1) + -
North Carolina (1) + -
Northwestern States (1) + -
Otter Creek (Vt.) (1) + -
Pacific Coast (Calif.) (1) + -
Placerville (Calif.) (1) + -
Schenectady (N.Y.) (1) + -
Schuylkill River (Pa.) (1) + -
Vermont (1) + -
Virginia (1) + -
Wind River Valley (Wyo.) (1) + -
Yellowstone River (1) + -

Format

Dime novels (37) + -
Nickel weeklies (23) + -

Collection

Johannsen Collection. Rare Books and Special Collections, Northern Illinois University. (38) + -
Edward T. LeBlanc Collection. Rare Books and Special Collections, Northern Illinois University. (23) + -

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(-) ≠ Harkaway, Jack (Fictitious character)
(-) ≠ Cherokee Indians
(-) = United States
(-) ≠ War stories

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: The unknown

: The king's man

: Gideon Godbold

: Maum Guinea, and her plantation "children," or, Holiday-week on a Louisiana estate

: The double hero : a tale of sea and land, during the War of 1812

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