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Publication Date

1861 - 1929

(years)

Genre

Sea stories (88) + -
Romance fiction (29) + -
Detective and mystery stories (26) + -
Bildungsromans (9) + -
War stories (5) + -
Adventure stories (4) + -
Ghost stories (4) + -
Bildungsromane (1) + -
Historical fiction (1) + -
Spy stories (1) + -

Western stories (1) + -

Series

Beadle's New York dime library (26) + -
Pluck and luck (15) + -
Beadle's boy's library of sport, story, and adventure (Octavo edition) (11) + -
Beadle's half dime library (10) + -
Beadle's new dime novels (9) + -
Beadle's pocket library (6) + -
Fame and fortune weekly (6) + -
Beadle's boy's library of sport, story, and adventure (Quarto edition) (5) + -
Beadle's dime novels (5) + -
Beadle's American library (4) + -

Five cent wide awake library (4) + -
Waverley library (octavo edition) (4) + -
Waverley library (quarto edition) (4) + -
Beadle's pocket novels (3) + -
American tales (1) + -
Beadle's dime fiction (1) + -
Fireside library (Beadle and Adams (1872-1898)) (1) + -
Frank Starr's American novels (1) + -
Frank Starr's fifteen cent illustrated novels (1) + -

Author

Ingraham, Prentiss, 1843-1904 (25) + -
Starbuck, Roger, 1837- (13) + -
Wilson, Thomas H., Captain (9) + -
Garne, Gaston (6) + -
Self-made man, 1853-1915 (6) + -
Wade, William (6) + -
Clark, Charles Dunning, 1843-1892 (5) + -
Whittaker, Frederick, 1838-1889 (5) + -
Austin, Howard (4) + -
Warner, John S. (Dime novelist) (4) + -

Clyde, Kit (3) + -
Duganne, A. J. H. (Augustine Joseph Hickey), 1823-1884 (3) + -
Farragut, Jack (3) + -
King, Ed (3) + -
McNeil, Walter Norris (3) + -
Prescott, Paul J. (3) + -
Richards, J. P. (3) + -
Thomas, Henry J. (3) + -
Appleton, Horace (2) + -
Buntline, Ned, 1822 or 1823-1886 (2) + -
Fenton, Ralph, Colonel (2) + -
Fleming, Alice May (2) + -
Harbaugh, T. C. (Thomas Chalmers), 1849-1924 (2) + -
Leicester, Margaret (2) + -
Merritt, James C. (2) + -
Morris, Charles, 1833-1922 (2) + -
Pierce, Jo, 1852-1929 (2) + -
Southworth, Arabella (2) + -
Aiken, Albert W., 1846-1894 (1) + -
Booth, Albert J. (1) + -
Braddon, Paul (1) + -
Coomes, Oll, 1845-1921 (1) + -
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731 (1) + -
Dunbar, Noel, 1843-1904 (1) + -
Edwards, Eleanor Lee (1) + -
Ellis, Edward Sylvester, 1840-1916 (1) + -
Flynn, William J., 1867-1928 (1) + -
Hemyng, Bracebridge, 1841-1901 (1) + -
Holt, Arthur F., Colonel (1) + -
Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885 (1) + -
James, Orrin, Mrs., 1831-1885 (1) + -
King, Tom W., 1843-1904 (1) + -
Manning, William H. (William Henry), 1852-1929 (1) + -
Marshall, John J. (1) + -
Old sea captain (1) + -
Perry, Harry Dennies, Lieutenant (1) + -
Saint-Pierre, Bernardin de, 1737-1814 (1) + -
Sherman, John (1) + -
St. John, Percy B. (Percy Bolingbroke), 1821-1889 (1) + -
Stevens, D. W., 1849-1901 (1) + -
Swift, Dean, 1667-1745 (1) + -
Thackeray, Henrietta (1) + -

Publisher

Beadle and Adams (1872-1898) (79) + -
Tousey, Frank (17) + -
Beadle and Company (9) + -
Wolff, Harry E. (7) + -
Frank Starr & Co. (2) + -
George Routledge and Sons (1) + -
Westbury Publishing Co., Inc. (1) + -

Topic

Pirates (34) + -
Revenge (20) + -
African Americans (19) + -
Castaways (16) + -
History (16) + -
Inheritance and succession (15) + -
Murder (14) + -
Navies (14) + -
Officers (14) + -
Treasure troves (13) + -

English (12) + -
Rescues (11) + -
Smugglers (11) + -
Attempted murder (10) + -
Escapes (10) + -
Investigation (10) + -
Man-woman relationships (10) + -
Earthquakes (9) + -
Kidnapping (9) + -
Mexicans (9) + -
Mutiny (9) + -
Sailors (9) + -
Storms (9) + -
Wreckers (Plunderers of ships) (9) + -
Icebergs (8) + -
Bigamy (7) + -
Indian captivities (7) + -
Spaniards (7) + -
Unrequited love (7) + -
Abduction (6) + -
Dueling (6) + -
Irish (6) + -
Guardian and ward (5) + -
Heroes (5) + -
Hurricanes (5) + -
Indians of North America (5) + -
Islands (5) + -
Jealousy (5) + -
Polar bear (5) + -
Robbery (5) + -
Superstition (5) + -
Whaling (5) + -
Whaling ships (5) + -
Brothers (4) + -
Conduct of life (4) + -
Extortion (4) + -
French (4) + -
Missing persons (4) + -
Nobility (4) + -
Portuguese (4) + -
Racially mixed people (4) + -
Slavery (4) + -
Smuggling (4) + -
Wills (4) + -
Witches (4) + -
Alligators (3) + -
Artists (3) + -
Colonists (3) + -
Comets (3) + -
Courtship (3) + -
Deception (3) + -
Dogs (3) + -
False imprisonment (3) + -
Fires (3) + -
Haunted places (3) + -
Heiresses (3) + -
Indigenous peoples (3) + -
Polynesians (3) + -
Privateering (3) + -

Character

Norcross, Ned (Fictitious character) (3) + -
George, III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 (2) + -
Howe, William Howe, Viscount, 1729-1814 (2) + -
Revere, Paul, 1735-1818 (2) + -
United States. Navy (2) + -
Conrad, Cecil (Fictitious character) (1) + -
Dead-Shot Ralph (Fictitious character) (1) + -
East India Company (1) + -
Great Britain (1) + -
Guttenberg Racetrack (North Bergen, N.J.) (1) + -

Halyard, Fred (Fictitious character) (1) + -
Monday, Nicholas (Fictitious character) (1) + -
Morgan, Henry, 1635?-1688 (1) + -
Red Rajah (Fictitious character) (1) + -
United States (1) + -
United States Military Academy (1) + -
Washington, George, 1732-1799 (1) + -

Place

United States (14) + -
Atlantic Ocean (11) + -
New York (N.Y.) (10) + -
Mexico, Gulf of (7) + -
Atlantic Coast (New England) (6) + -
Caribbean Sea (6) + -
New Orleans (La.) (6) + -
Arctic regions (5) + -
Atlantic Coast (U.S.) (5) + -
Bahamas (5) + -

Baltimore (Md.) (5) + -
Massachusetts (5) + -
Maine (4) + -
Mexico (4) + -
New England (4) + -
New York (State) (4) + -
South Carolina (4) + -
West Indies (4) + -
Arctic Ocean (3) + -
Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.) (3) + -
Hawaii (3) + -
New Jersey (3) + -
Oceania (3) + -
Ontario, Lake (N.Y. and Ont.) (3) + -
Pacific Coast (South America) (3) + -
San Francisco (Calif.) (3) + -
Tuamotu Archipelago (French Polynesia) (3) + -
Africa (2) + -
Aleutian Islands (Alaska) (2) + -
Antarctic Ocean (2) + -
Atlantic Coast (America) (2) + -
Atlantic Coast (Brazil) (2) + -
Boston (Mass.) (2) + -
Cuba (2) + -
England (2) + -
Florida (2) + -
Indian Ocean (2) + -
London (England) (2) + -
Long Beach (N.Y.) (2) + -
New Bedford (Mass.) (2) + -
New Guinea (2) + -
North Pole (2) + -
Ann, Cape (Mass.) (1) + -
Atlantic Coast (North America) (1) + -
Atlantic Coast (Spain) (1) + -
Barnegat Bay (N.J.) (1) + -
Bering Strait (1) + -
Biscay, Bay of (France and Spain) (1) + -
California (1) + -
Catskill Mountains (N.Y.) (1) + -
Cheyenne (Wyo.) (1) + -
Chile (1) + -
Connecticut River (1) + -
East Indies (1) + -
Faial Island (Azores) (1) + -
Fiji (1) + -
Guernsey (1) + -
Honolulu (Hawaii) (1) + -
Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.) (1) + -
India (1) + -
Indonesia (1) + -
Islands of the Indian Ocean (1) + -
Japan, Sea of (1) + -
Kolkata (India) (1) + -
Long Island (N.Y.) (1) + -
Long Island Sound (N.Y. and Conn.) (1) + -
Louisiana (1) + -
Maryland (1) + -
Mauritius (1) + -
Mobile (Ala.) (1) + -

Format

Nickel weeklies (92) + -
Dime novels (25) + -

Collection

Johannsen Collection. Rare Books and Special Collections, Northern Illinois University. (91) + -
Edward T. LeBlanc Collection. Rare Books and Special Collections, Northern Illinois University. (23) + -
Dime Novel and Popular Literature Collection. Special Collections, Villanova University. (1) + -
Rare Books and Special Collections, Northern Illinois University. (1) + -

Query

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Enabled Filters

(-) ≠ Hall, Samuel Stone, 1838-1886
(-) ≠ Leadville (Colo.)
(-) ≠ M.J. Ivers & Co.
(-) ≠ Wheeler, Edward L. (Edward Lytton), 1854 or 1855-1885
(-) ≠ Beadle's popular library
(-) ≠ Autobiographical fiction
(-) = Shipwrecks

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