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Publication Date

1861 - 1886

(years)

Genre

War stories (61) + -
Historical fiction (40) + -
Romance fiction (25) + -
Western stories (22) + -
Sea stories (13) + -
Spy stories (12) + -
Detective and mystery stories (11) + -
Humorous stories (2) + -
Narrative poetry (1) + -

Series

Beadle's pocket novels (42) + -
Beadle's new dime novels (33) + -
Beadle's American library (11) + -
Frank Starr's American novels (5) + -
American tales (3) + -
Beadle & Adams' twenty cent novels (3) + -
Beadle's dime novels (2) + -
Beadle's dime fiction (1) + -
Beadle's fifteen cent novels (1) + -
Beadle's sixpenny tales (1) + -

Boys' books of romance and adventure (1) + -
Frank Starr's fifteen cent illustrated novels (1) + -
Irwin P. Beadle's American novels (1) + -
Sunnyside library (1) + -

Author

Hamilton, W. J., 1843-1892 (14) + -
Iron, N. C. (Nathaniel Colchester) (9) + -
Clark, Charles Dunning, 1843-1892 (6) + -
Ellis, Edward Sylvester, 1840-1916 (6) + -
Duganne, A. J. H. (Augustine Joseph Hickey), 1823-1884 (5) + -
Ingraham, Prentiss, 1843-1904 (5) + -
Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia), 1810-1886 (5) + -
Henderson, J. Stanley, 1830-1889 (4) + -
Howard, Charles, Captain (4) + -
Curtis, Newton Mallory (3) + -

Johnstone, Herrick (3) + -
Whittaker, Frederick, 1838-1889 (3) + -
Willett, Edward, 1830-1889 (3) + -
Aiken, Albert W., 1846-1894 (2) + -
Barritt, Frances Fuller, Mrs., 1826-1902 (2) + -
Bowen, James L. (James Lorenzo), 1842-1919 (2) + -
Buntline, Ned, 1822 or 1823-1886 (2) + -
Carson, Lewis W., Major (2) + -
Paulding, Decatur (2) + -
Robins, Seelin (2) + -
Badger, Jos. E. (Joseph Edward), 1848-1909 (1) + -
Belknap, Boynton, M. D. (1) + -
Bibbs, Paul (1) + -
Caldwell, J. R. (1) + -
Cavendish, Harry, 1819-1887 (1) + -
Denison, Mary A. (Mary Andrews), 1826-1911 (1) + -
Eyster, William R. (William Reynolds), 1841-1918 (1) + -
Forest, Frederick (1) + -
Gilbert, George Darcy (1) + -
Greenwood, Guy (1) + -
Hazelton, Harry (1) + -
Lewis, C. B. (Charles Bertrand), 1842-1924 (1) + -
Meredith, Owen (1) + -
Millbank, H. R., Captain (1) + -
Myers, P. Hamilton (Peter Hamilton), 1812-1878 (1) + -
Neal, John, 1793-1876 (1) + -
Nunes, Joseph A., 1818-1904 (1) + -
Phillipse, Robert (1) + -
Piper, A. G. (1) + -
St. John, Warren (1) + -
Starbuck, Roger, 1837- (1) + -
Thomas, Henry J. (1) + -
Victor, Metta Victoria Fuller, 1831-1885 (1) + -

Publisher

Beadle and Adams (1872-1898) (79) + -
Beadle and Company (17) + -
Frank Starr & Co. (6) + -
George Routledge and Sons (2) + -
Adams, Victor & Co. (1) + -
American News Company (1) + -
Irwin P. Beadle (Firm) (1) + -

Topic

History (67) + -
French (33) + -
Indians of North America (33) + -
American loyalists (32) + -
African Americans (22) + -
Abduction (20) + -
Scouts (Reconnaissance) (20) + -
Indian captivities (17) + -
Revenge (15) + -
Murder (14) + -

Unrequited love (14) + -
Soldiers (12) + -
Battles (11) + -
Frontier and pioneer life (10) + -
Irish (10) + -
Mohawk Indians (10) + -
Colonists (9) + -
Racially mixed people (8) + -
Scalping (8) + -
Indian women (7) + -
Investigation (7) + -
Iroquois Indians (7) + -
Pirates (7) + -
Slaves (7) + -
Spies (7) + -
Women heroes (7) + -
Dutch (6) + -
Hunters (6) + -
Inheritance and succession (6) + -
Kidnapping (6) + -
Outlaws (6) + -
Shipwrecks (6) + -
Trappers (6) + -
Germans (5) + -
Navies (5) + -
Nobility (5) + -
Officers (5) + -
Oneida Indians (5) + -
Prisoners of war (5) + -
Puritans (5) + -
Slavery (5) + -
Swamps (5) + -
Wyandot Indians (5) + -
Forced marriage (4) + -
Missing persons (4) + -
Rescues (4) + -
Revolutionaries (4) + -
Shawnee Indians (4) + -
Triangles (Interpersonal relations) (4) + -
Campaigns (3) + -
Clergy (3) + -
Comets (3) + -
Courtship (3) + -
Dragoons (3) + -
Earthquakes (3) + -
Fathers and daughters (3) + -
Hanging (3) + -
Hessians (3) + -
Hurricanes (3) + -
Interracial marriage (3) + -
Jealousy (3) + -
Land tenure (3) + -
Long Island, Battle of, New York, N.Y., 1776 (3) + -
Massacres (3) + -
Narragansett Indians (3) + -
New Englanders (3) + -
Physicians (3) + -
Prophecy (3) + -
Slave trade (3) + -

Character

Washington, George, 1732-1799 (11) + -
Howe, William Howe, Viscount, 1729-1814 (8) + -
Clinton, Henry, Sir, 1738?-1795 (7) + -
Arnold, Benedict, 1741-1801 (6) + -
Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, Marquis, 1738-1805 (6) + -
Gansevoort, Peter, 1749-1812 (4) + -
Marion, Francis, 1732-1795 (4) + -
Pontiac, Ottawa Chief, -1769 (4) + -
Allen, Ethan, 1738-1789 (3) + -
Burgoyne, John, 1722-1792 (3) + -

Frontenac, Louis de Buade, comte de, 1620-1698 (3) + -
Johnson, John, Sir, 1742-1830 (3) + -
Lee, Charles, 1731-1782 (3) + -
Moultrie, William, 1730-1805 (3) + -
Stark, John, 1728-1822 (3) + -
Brant, Joseph, 1742-1807 (2) + -
Butler, John, 1728-1796 (2) + -
Christie, John, Ensign (2) + -
Colve, Anthony, active 1667-1695 (2) + -
Daveiss, Joseph Hamilton, 1774-1811 (2) + -
Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786 (2) + -
Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841 (2) + -
Heister, Leopold Philip de, General, 1716-1777 (2) + -
Herkimer, Nicholas, 1728-1777 (2) + -
Johnson, William, 1715-1774 (2) + -
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834 (2) + -
Montcalm de Saint-Véran, Louis-Joseph, marquis de, 1712-1759 (2) + -
Schuyler, Philip John, 1733-1804 (2) + -
Sons of Liberty (2) + -
Sumter, Thomas, 1734-1832 (2) + -
Tarleton, (Banastre), Lieutenant-General, 1754-1833 (2) + -
Tenskwatawa, Shawnee Prophet (2) + -
Andros, Edmund, Sir, 1637-1714 (1) + -
Appleseed, Johnny, 1774-1845 (1) + -
Attakullakulla, Cherokee chief (1) + -
Bainbridge, William, 1774-1833 (1) + -
Barclay, Robert Heriot, 1786-1837 (1) + -
Baum, Frederick, -1777 (1) + -
Burgoyne, John, 1739-1785 (1) + -
Butler, Walter, 1752?-1781 (1) + -
Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649 (1) + -
Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685 (1) + -
Charles, II, King of England, 1630-1685 (1) + -
Clark, George Rogers, 1752-1818 (1) + -
Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658 (1) + -
D'Ghies, Mohammed, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1) + -
Dorchester, Guy Carleton, Baron, 1724-1808 (1) + -
Dubuc de Rivery, Aimée, 1776-1817 (1) + -
Eaton, William, 1764-1811 (1) + -
Gage, Thomas, 1721-1787 (1) + -
Girty, James, 1743-1817 (1) + -
Girty, Simon, 1741-1818 (1) + -
Great Britain (1) + -
Green Mountain Boys (1) + -
Hale, Nathan, 1755-1776 (1) + -
Hamet Karamanli, Ruler of Tripoli, active 1793-1795 (1) + -
Howe, Richard Howe, Earl, 1726-1799 (1) + -
Hudson's Bay Company (1) + -
Hull, William, 1753-1825 (1) + -
Jesuits (1) + -
Jones, John Paul, 1747-1792 (1) + -
Knyphausen, Wilhelm, Baron von (1) + -
Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728 (1) + -
McCrea, Jane, 1753-1777 (1) + -
Montgomery, Richard, 1738-1775 (1) + -
Morgan, Daniel, 1736-1802 (1) + -
Oconostota, Cherokee chief (1) + -
Philip, Sachem of the Wampanoags, -1676 (1) + -
Phillips, William, 1731?-1781 (1) + -
Prescott, Richard, 1725-1788 (1) + -

Place

United States (54) + -
New York (N.Y.) (12) + -
South Carolina (11) + -
New York (State) (10) + -
Massachusetts (7) + -
North Carolina (6) + -
Mohawk River Valley (N.Y.) (5) + -
Cherry Valley (N.Y.) (4) + -
England (4) + -
Boston (Mass.) (3) + -

Kentucky (3) + -
Montréal (Québec) (3) + -
Ohio (3) + -
Ontario (3) + -
Québec (Province) (3) + -
Atlantic Coast (New England) (2) + -
Charleston (S.C.) (2) + -
Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.) (2) + -
Delaware River (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.) (2) + -
Erie, Lake (2) + -
Fort Stanwix (Rome, N.Y.) (2) + -
Illinois (2) + -
Long Island (N.Y.) (2) + -
Mohawk River (N.Y.) (2) + -
Nebraska (2) + -
New England (2) + -
New Jersey (2) + -
Ohio River (2) + -
Philadelphia (Pa.) (2) + -
Presque Isle Bay (Pa.) (2) + -
Ramapo River (N.Y. and N.J.) (2) + -
Santee River Valley (S.C.) (2) + -
Vermont (2) + -
West (U.S.) (2) + -
West Chester (Pa.) (2) + -
White Plains (N.Y.) (2) + -
Abraham, Plains of (Québec) (1) + -
Africa, North (1) + -
Atlantic Coast (America) (1) + -
Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.) (1) + -
Brest (France) (1) + -
Cahokia (Ill.) (1) + -
Camden (S.C.) (1) + -
Canada (1) + -
Casco Bay (Me.) (1) + -
Catskill (1) + -
Catskill Mountains (N.Y.) (1) + -
Champlain, Lake (1) + -
Colorado (1) + -
Connecticut (1) + -
Connecticut River (1) + -
Crimea (Ukraine) (1) + -
Darnah (Libya) (1) + -
Detroit (Mich.) (1) + -
Fort Edward (N.Y.) (1) + -
Fort Sandusky (Ohio) (1) + -
Fort Ticonderoga (N.Y.) (1) + -
Fort William Henry (N.Y.) (1) + -
France (1) + -
George, Lake (N.Y. : Lake) (1) + -
Germany (1) + -
Gibraltar (1) + -
Grand River (Ont.) (1) + -
Great Britain (1) + -
Hadley (Mass. : Town) (1) + -
Hartford (Conn.) (1) + -
Henry County (Ohio) (1) + -
Inaccessible Island (Tristan da Cunha) (1) + -
India (1) + -
Indiana (1) + -

Format

Dime novels (105) + -
Reprint libraries (1) + -

Collection

Johannsen Collection. Rare Books and Special Collections, Northern Illinois University. (105) + -
Edward T. LeBlanc Collection. Rare Books and Special Collections, Northern Illinois University. (1) + -

Query

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Enabled Filters

(-) ≠ Sports stories
(-) ≠ Texas
(-) ≠ Arkansas
(-) ≠ Stevens, D. W., 1849-1901
(-) = English
(-) ≠ Spaniards
(-) ≠ Nickel weeklies

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