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Publication Date

1851 - 1930

(years)

Genre

Detective and mystery stories (1630) + -
Western stories (1596) + -
Bildungsromans (579) + -
Sea stories (422) + -
War stories (303) + -
Historical fiction (279) + -
Adventure stories (194) + -
Songbooks (95) + -
Humorous stories (73) + -
Spy stories (71) + -

Popular music (53) + -
Songs (53) + -
Ghost stories (48) + -
Biographical fiction (42) + -
Science fiction (28) + -
Hunting stories (24) + -
Sports stories (11) + -
Railroad stories (10) + -
College stories (9) + -
Baseball stories (5) + -
Legal stories (5) + -
Fan fiction (4) + -
Horror stories (4) + -
Steampunk fiction (4) + -
Autobiographical fiction (3) + -
Christmas stories (3) + -
Fantasy fiction (3) + -
Wit and humor (3) + -
Bildungsromane (2) + -
Didactic fiction (2) + -
Domestic fiction (2) + -
Epic poetry (2) + -
Animal stories (1) + -
Football stories (1) + -
Narrative poetry (1) + -
Pastoral fiction (1) + -
Songsters (1) + -

Series

Beadle's half dime library (845) + -
Beadle's New York dime library (826) + -
The banner weekly (604) + -
Fame and fortune weekly (511) + -
New York Saturday journal (311) + -
New Nick Carter weekly (New York, N.Y. : 1903) (277) + -
Five cent wide awake library (249) + -
Beadle's boy's library of sport, story, and adventure (Octavo edition) (226) + -
Pluck and luck (204) + -
Beadle's new dime novels (183) + -

Beadle's pocket novels (162) + -
Beadle's weekly (155) + -
Beadle's dime novels (153) + -
The New York Saturday star journal (146) + -
Beadle's boy's library of sport, story, and adventure (Quarto edition) (113) + -
The Saturday weekly journal (96) + -
Nick Carter weekly (70) + -
The star journal (61) + -
Beadle's dime dialogues (49) + -
Frank Starr's American novels (47) + -
Beadle's half-dime singer's library (41) + -
Deadwood Dick library (40) + -
Nick Carter stories (40) + -
The Saturday journal (37) + -
Beadle's American library (36) + -
Speaker series (36) + -
Beadle's dime song books (35) + -
Blue and gray weekly (32) + -
Beadle's boy's library of sport, story and adventure (M.J. Ivers & Co.) (31) + -
The Young New Yorker (26) + -
The home monthly (25) + -
American tales (22) + -
Beadle's dime handbooks (22) + -
Aldine Robin Hood library (18) + -
Beadle & Adams' twenty cent novels (18) + -
Beadle's dime base-ball player (17) + -
New Nick Carter weekly (New York, N.Y. : 1897) (17) + -
Nugget library (17) + -
Deadwood Dick library (London, England) (15) + -
Beadle's dime biographical library (14) + -
Fireside library (Beadle and Adams (1872-1898)) (14) + -
The Youth's casket (14) + -
Belles and beaux (13) + -
Beadle's dime tales, traditions and romance of border and revolutionary times (12) + -
Beadle's popular library (11) + -
The New York Saturday journal (10) + -
Beadle's one cent song books (9) + -
Irwin P. Beadle's American novels (9) + -
New and old friends (9) + -
Tip top weekly (9) + -
Lives of great Americans (8) + -
New Buffalo Bill weekly (7) + -
Waverley library (quarto edition) (7) + -
Beadle's dime fiction (5) + -
Frank Starr's New York dime library (5) + -
New York detective library (5) + -
Frank Reade library (4) + -
Frank Reade library (Frank T. Fries) (4) + -
Frank Reade weekly magazine (4) + -
Frank Starr's fifteen cent illustrated novels (3) + -
Irwin P. Beadle's ten cent novels (3) + -
Log cabin library (3) + -
Sunnyside library (3) + -
"American series" songsters (2) + -
Beadle's American sixpenny biographies (2) + -
Beadle's dime book of fun (2) + -
Beadle's frontier series (2) + -
Beadle's sixpenny tales (2) + -
Boys' books of romance and adventure (2) + -
Men of the time (2) + -

Author

Self-made man, 1853-1915 (511) + -
Garne, Gaston (465) + -
Carter, Nick (404) + -
Ingraham, Prentiss, 1843-1904 (292) + -
Wheeler, Edward L. (Edward Lytton), 1854 or 1855-1885 (192) + -
Badger, Jos. E. (Joseph Edward), 1848-1909 (185) + -
Aiken, Albert W., 1846-1894 (121) + -
King, Ed (115) + -
Wade, William (103) + -
Ellis, Edward Sylvester, 1840-1916 (98) + -

Harbaugh, T. C. (Thomas Chalmers), 1849-1924 (93) + -
Willett, Edward, 1830-1889 (92) + -
Coomes, Oll, 1845-1921 (90) + -
Hamilton, W. J., 1843-1892 (83) + -
Whittaker, Frederick, 1838-1889 (81) + -
Clyde, Kit (68) + -
Morris, Charles, 1833-1922 (68) + -
Cowdrick, J. C. (Jesse C.), 1859-1899 (65) + -
Starbuck, Roger, 1837- (63) + -
Appleton, Horace (59) + -
Braddon, Paul (55) + -
Eyster, William R. (William Reynolds), 1841-1918 (55) + -
Fenton, Ralph, Colonel (55) + -
Hemyng, Bracebridge, 1841-1901 (51) + -
Richards, J. P. (50) + -
Armstrong, Alexander (49) + -
Holmes, Howard, Captain (48) + -
Manning, William H. (William Henry), 1852-1929 (48) + -
Stevens, D. W., 1849-1901 (44) + -
Hall, Samuel Stone, 1838-1886 (42) + -
Warne, Philip S. (41) + -
Clark, Charles Dunning, 1843-1892 (40) + -
Sherman, John (37) + -
Pad, Peter (36) + -
Reid, Mayne, 1818-1883 (35) + -
Sims, A. K., 1854-1936 (34) + -
Finn, Frank S. (Frank Stanislaus), 1840- (32) + -
Lee, Harry, Lieut. (32) + -
Legrand, Louis (32) + -
Pierce, Jo, 1852-1929 (32) + -
Wilson, Thomas H., Captain (32) + -
Bowen, James L. (James Lorenzo), 1842-1919 (30) + -
Patten, William G. (William Gilbert), 1866-1945 (30) + -
Adams, J. F. C., Captain (26) + -
Draper, Allyn (26) + -
Victor, Metta Victoria Fuller, 1831-1885 (26) + -
Austin, Howard (25) + -
Hazard, Harry (25) + -
Howard, Charles, Captain (24) + -
Payne, Harold, 1849-1895 (22) + -
Henderson, J. Stanley, 1830-1889 (21) + -
Knox, Jackson (21) + -
Teaser, Tom (21) + -
Old scout (20) + -
Buntline, Ned, 1822 or 1823-1886 (18) + -
Jenks, George C. (18) + -
Wilton, Mark, 1852-1929 (18) + -
Arnold, Allan (16) + -
Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917 (16) + -
"Noname" (15) + -
Iron, N. C. (Nathaniel Colchester) (15) + -
McBride, H. Elliott (15) + -
Merritt, James C. (15) + -
Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia), 1810-1886 (15) + -
Victor, Orville J. (Orville James), 1827-1910 (15) + -
Warden, Ex-Firechief (15) + -
Deane, Cyril (14) + -
Dewey, Frederick H. (14) + -
Gordon, James A., General (14) + -
Osbon, John W. (14) + -

Publisher

Beadle and Adams (1872-1898) (3808) + -
Tousey, Frank (562) + -
Street & Smith (442) + -
Beadle and Company (400) + -
Wolff, Harry E. (352) + -
M.J. Ivers & Co. (200) + -
Westbury Publishing Co., Inc. (81) + -
Frank Starr & Co. (56) + -
Beadle and Adams (1856-1860) (37) + -
Aldine Publishing Company (18) + -

George Routledge and Sons (17) + -
George Newnes, Limited (15) + -
Irwin P. Beadle & Co. (1859-1860) (15) + -
Beadle & Brother (12) + -
American News Company (9) + -
Irwin P. Beadle (Firm) (7) + -
M.J. Ivers & Co (6) + -
Arthur Westbrook Company (4) + -
Fries, Frank T. (4) + -
Irwin P. Beadle & Co. (1862-1864) (4) + -
Adams, Victor & Co. (3) + -
Tousey & Small (3) + -
Tousey, Sinclair, 1818-1887 (3) + -
American Novel Publishing Co. (2) + -
Beadle, Erastus Flavel, 1821-1894 (2) + -
Bonner, Robert, 1824-1899 (2) + -
Irwin & Co. (2) + -
Waters, Eberts & Co. (2) + -
James H. Brigham (1) + -

Topic

Murder (891) + -
Investigation (726) + -
Outlaws (697) + -
Indians of North America (600) + -
Revenge (470) + -
Inheritance and succession (456) + -
Abduction (423) + -
History (415) + -
Frontier and pioneer life (378) + -
Mexicans (328) + -

Indian captivities (325) + -
Young businesspeople (306) + -
Scouts (Reconnaissance) (296) + -
Brigands and robbers (283) + -
Robbery investigation (282) + -
Rescues (277) + -
African Americans (276) + -
Kidnapping (258) + -
English (255) + -
Soldiers (233) + -
Gold mines and mining (228) + -
Stockbrokers (211) + -
Pirates (210) + -
Female offenders (200) + -
Mining camps (195) + -
Missing persons (191) + -
Gamblers (186) + -
Hunters (179) + -
Treasure troves (174) + -
French (164) + -
Cowboys (156) + -
Trappers (150) + -
Attempted murder (147) + -
Escapes (140) + -
Disguise (134) + -
Irish (123) + -
Private investigators (121) + -
Indians (112) + -
False imprisonment (111) + -
Dueling (109) + -
Apache Indians (108) + -
Women heroes (107) + -
Dakota Indians (103) + -
Miners (101) + -
Unrequited love (100) + -
Escaped prisoners (97) + -
Spaniards (96) + -
Popular music (94) + -
Songs, English (93) + -
Bars (Drinking establishments) (90) + -
Orphans (87) + -
Conspiracy (86) + -
Vigilantes (86) + -
Fugitives from justice (84) + -
Racially mixed people (84) + -
Shipwrecks (83) + -
Wagon trains (83) + -
Chinese (80) + -
Navies (80) + -
Officers (80) + -
Scalping (80) + -
Stagecoaches (78) + -
Secret societies (75) + -
Battles (73) + -
Comanche Indians (71) + -
Wills (71) + -
Diamonds (69) + -
Gambling (69) + -
Prisoners (69) + -
Shooters of firearms (69) + -

Character

Carter, Nick (291) + -
Carter, Chick (Fictitious character) (160) + -
Murphy, Patsy (Fictitious character) (110) + -
Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917 (89) + -
Deadwood Dick, Jr. (Fictitious character) (73) + -
United States (61) + -
Powell, David Franklin, 1847-1906 (39) + -
Ten-Ichi (Fictitious character) (35) + -
Clark, Jack (Fictitious character) (32) + -
Prentiss, Will (Fictitious character) (32) + -

Washington, George, 1732-1799 (32) + -
Harkaway, Jack (Fictitious character) (31) + -
Confederate States of America (29) + -
Talbot, Dick (Fictitious character) (26) + -
Omohundro, John Burwell, 1846-1880 (22) + -
Phenix, Joe (Fictitious character) (22) + -
Broadway Billy (William Weston) (Fictitious character) (21) + -
Hickok, Wild Bill, 1837-1876 (21) + -
Howe, William Howe, Viscount, 1729-1814 (18) + -
Bowers, Joe (Fictitious character) (17) + -
Burr, Thad (Fictitious character) (17) + -
Byrnes, Thomas, 1842-1910 (16) + -
Sitting Bull, 1831-1890 (16) + -
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 (15) + -
Arnold, Benedict, 1741-1801 (14) + -
Carson, Kit, 1809-1868 (14) + -
Shortys (Fictitious characters) (14) + -
Carter, Trim (Fictitious character) (13) + -
Cortina, Juan N. (Juan Nepomuceno), 1824-1894 (12) + -
Crockett, Davy, 1786-1836 (12) + -
Girty, Simon, 1741-1818 (12) + -
Harkaway, Jack, Jr. (Fictitious character) (12) + -
Tecumseh, Shawnee Chief, 1768-1813 (12) + -
Brant, Joseph, 1742-1807 (11)