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Publication Date

1860 - 1925

(years)

Genre

Historical fiction (80) + -
War stories (45) + -
Civil War stories (22) + -
American Revolutionary War stories (17) + -
Romance fiction (16) + -
Western stories (11) + -
Adventure stories (8) + -
Sea stories (8) + -
Spy stories (7) + -
Detective and mystery stories (1) + -

Fantasy fiction (1) + -
Pirates and privateering stories (1) + -

Series

Beadle's dime novels (43) + -
Beadle's new dime novels (27) + -
Blue and gray weekly (20) + -
Pluck and luck (14) + -
Nugget library (2) + -

Author

Lee, Harry, Lieut. (20) + -
Hamilton, W. J., 1843-1892 (12) + -
Gordon, James A., General (11) + -
Iron, N. C. (Nathaniel Colchester) (8) + -
Wade, William (8) + -
Clark, Charles Dunning, 1843-1892 (4) + -
Denison, Mary A. (Mary Andrews), 1826-1911 (4) + -
Ellis, Edward Sylvester, 1840-1916 (4) + -
Whittaker, Frederick, 1838-1889 (4) + -
Badger, Jos. E. (Joseph Edward), 1848-1909 (3) + -

Braddon, Paul (3) + -
Willett, Edward, 1830-1889 (3) + -
Aiken, Albert W., 1846-1894 (2) + -
Duganne, A. J. H. (Augustine Joseph Hickey), 1823-1884 (2) + -
Howland, William Henry, 1831-1869 (2) + -
Johnstone, Herrick (2) + -
Old scout (2) + -
Paulding, Decatur (2) + -
Sherman, John (2) + -
Smith, Elizabeth Oakes Prince, 1806-1893 (2) + -
Stevens, D. W., 1849-1901 (2) + -
Turner, Wm. Mason (William Mason), 1835-1877 (2) + -
Appleton, Horace (1) + -
Armstrong, Frank P., Captain, 1846-1894 (1) + -
Bertrew, Berton (1) + -
Caldwell, J. R. (1) + -
Cavendish, Harry, 1819-1887 (1) + -
Clyde, Kit (1) + -
Davison, Henry Pomeroy, 1867-1922 (1) + -
Emerald, John (1) + -
Eyster, William R. (William Reynolds), 1841-1918 (1) + -
Gilbert, George Darcy (1) + -
Hall, William Jared (1) + -
Hazard, Harry (1) + -
Hazelton, Harry (1) + -
Howard, Charles, Captain (1) + -
Ingraham, Prentiss, 1843-1904 (1) + -
Phillipse, Robert (1) + -
Richards, J. P. (1) + -
St. John, Percy B. (Percy Bolingbroke), 1821-1889 (1) + -
Starbuck, Roger, 1837- (1) + -
Taylor, R.M. (1) + -
Worcester, J. R. (1) + -

Publisher

Beadle and Company (39) + -
Beadle and Adams (1872-1898) (30) + -
Tousey, Frank (25) + -
Wolff, Harry E. (9) + -
Street & Smith (2) + -
Irwin P. Beadle & Co. (1859-1860) (1) + -

Topic

Indians of North America (21) + -
American loyalists (11) + -
English (8) + -
Escapes (8) + -
French (6) + -
Prisoners (6) + -
Spies (6) + -
Revenge (5) + -
Scouts (Reconnaissance) (5) + -
Shawnee Indians (5) + -

Character

Clark, Jack (Fictitious character) (20) + -
Prentiss, Will (Fictitious character) (20) + -
United States. Army of the Potomac (18) + -
Confederate States of America. Army of Northern Virginia (17) + -
Washington, George, 1732-1799 (11) + -
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 (7) + -
Arnold, Benedict, 1741-1801 (5) + -
Beauregard, G. T., 1818-1893 (5) + -
McClellan, George B., 1826-1885 (5) + -
Marion, Francis, 1732-1795 (4) + -

Howe, William Howe, Viscount, 1729-1814 (3) + -
Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870 (3) + -
Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796 (3) + -
Brant, Joseph, 1742-1807 (2) + -
Halleck, H. W., 1815-1872 (2) + -
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 (2) + -
Longstreet, James, 1821-1904 (2) + -
Magruder, John Bankhead, 1807-1871 (2) + -
Montcalm de Saint-Véran, Louis-Joseph, marquis de, 1712-1759 (2) + -
Sherman, William T., 1820-1891 (2) + -
Stuart, Jeb, 1833-1864 (2) + -
Sumter, Thomas, 1734-1832 (2) + -
Tarleton, Lieutenant-General, 1754-1833 (2) + -
Abercromby, James, 1706-1781 (1) + -
Allen, Ethan, 1738-1789 (1) + -
Allen, Ira, 1751-1814 (1) + -
Andros, Edmund, Sir, 1637-1714 (1) + -
Bainbridge, William, 1774-1833 (1) + -
Baker, Remember, 1737-1775 (1) + -
Barclay, Robert Heriot, 1786-1837 (1) + -
Bragg, Braxton, 1817-1876 (1) + -
Buckner, Simon Bolivar, 1823-1914 (1) + -
Burgoyne, John, 1722-1792 (1) + -
Burgoyne, John, 1739-1785 (1) + -
Butler, Benjamin F., 1818-1893 (1) + -
Butler, John, 1728-1796 (1) + -
Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685 (1) + -
Claus, Daniel, 1727-1787 (1) + -
Colve, Anthony, active 1667-1695 (1) + -
Confederate States of America (1) + -
Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658 (1) + -
D'Ghies, Mohammed, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1) + -
Dubuc de Rivery, Aimée, 1776-1817 (1) + -
Eaton, William, 1764-1811 (1) + -
Floyd, John B., 1806-1863 (1) + -
Gage, Thomas, 1721-1787 (1) + -
Gansevoort, Peter, 1749-1812 (1) + -
Girty, Simon, 1741-1818 (1) + -
Great Britain (1) + -
Hamet Karamanli, Ruler of Tripoli, active 1793-1795 (1) + -
Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841 (1) + -
Herkimer, Nicholas, 1728-1777 (1) + -
Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863 (1) + -
Johnson, John, Sir, 1742-1830 (1) + -
Johnson, William Samuel, 1727-1819 (1) + -
Johnston, Albert Sidney, 1803-1862 (1) + -
Johnston, Joseph E., 1807-1891 (1) + -
Kenton, Simon, 1755-1836 (1) + -
Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728 (1) + -
Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico, 1832-1867 (1) + -
Merritt, Wesley, 1834-1910 (1) + -
Moultrie, William, 1730-1805 (1) + -
Osceola, Seminole chief, 1804-1838 (1) + -
Philip, Sachem of the Wampanoags, -1676 (1) + -
Pillow, Gideon Johnson, 1806-1878 (1) + -
Procter, Henry, 1763-1822 (1) + -
Rall, Johann Gottlieb, 1726-1776 (1) + -
Schuyler, Philip John, 1733-1804 (1) + -
Smith, William Farrar, 1824-1903 (1) + -
Sons of Liberty (1) + -

Place

United States (80) + -
South Carolina (8) + -
New York (State) (6) + -
Kentucky (5) + -
Mexico (5) + -
Boston (Mass.) (4) + -
Texas (4) + -
Erie, Lake (3) + -
Montréal (Québec) (3) + -
New York (N.Y.) (3) + -

Valley Forge (Pa.) (3) + -
Champlain, Lake (2) + -
Cherry Valley (N.Y.) (2) + -
Corinth (Miss.) (2) + -
Gila River (N.M. and Ariz.) (2) + -
Mohawk River Valley (N.Y.) (2) + -
North Carolina (2) + -
Ohio (2) + -
Philadelphia (Pa.) (2) + -
Ramapo River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) (2) + -
Schenectady (N.Y.) (2) + -
Virginia (2) + -
Africa, North (1) + -
Bennington (Vt.) (1) + -
Charleston (S.C.) (1) + -
Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.) (1) + -
Confederate States of America (1) + -
Darnah (Libya) (1) + -
Delaware River (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.) (1) + -
England (1) + -
Everglades (Fla.) (1) + -
Florida (1) + -
Fort Frederick (Me.) (1) + -
Fort Meigs (Ohio) (1) + -
Fort Stanwix (Rome, N.Y.) (1) + -
Fort Ticonderoga (N.Y.) (1) + -
Gibraltar (1) + -
Great Britain (1) + -
Green Mountains (Vt.) (1) + -
Jamestown (Va.) (1) + -
Juniata River Valley (Pa.) (1) + -
Lake Erie, Battle of, 1813 (1) + -
Leesburg (Va.) (1) + -
Long Island Sound (N.Y. and Conn.) (1) + -
Mediterranean Sea (1) + -
Middle Atlantic States (1) + -
Mohawk River (N.Y.) (1) + -
Montréal (Québec) (1) + -
Naples (Italy) (1) + -
New England (1) + -
New Hampshire (1) + -
Ohio River (1) + -
Otter Creek (Vt.) (1) + -
Plymouth (Mass.) (1) + -
Rhode Island (1) + -
Schuylkill River (Pa.) (1) + -
Scioto River (Ohio) (1) + -
Southern States (1) + -
Trenton (N.J.) (1) + -
Trinity River (Tex.) (1) + -
Tripoli (Libya) (1) + -
Vermont (1) + -
Wind River Valley (Wyo.) (1) + -

Format

Dime novels (70) + -
Nickel weeklies (36) + -

Collection

Johannsen Collection. Rare Books and Special Collections, Northern Illinois University. (72) + -
Edward T. LeBlanc Collection. Rare Books and Special Collections, Northern Illinois University. (35) + -

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(-) ≠ Cherokee Indians
(-) ≠ Five cent wide awake library

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: Percy Greville, the scout of Valley Forge

: The spy of Spuyten Duyvil, or, The boy with a charmed life

: Loyal to the last, or, Fighting for the Stars and Stripes

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