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Publication Date

1887 - 1894
(years)

Genre

  • Detective and mystery stories (3) + -
  • Bildungsromans (1) + -

Series

  • Beadle's half dime library (3) + -

Publisher

  • Beadle and Adams (1872-1898) (3) + -

Topic

  • Kidnapping (2) + -
  • African Americans (1) + -
  • Attempted murder (1) + -
  • Bribery (1) + -
  • Castaways (1) + -
  • Criminals (1) + -
  • Disguise (1) + -
  • Escapes (1) + -
  • Friendship (1) + -
  • Germans (1) + -
  • Heroes (1) + -
  • Indians of North America (1) + -
  • Investigation (1) + -
  • Orphans (1) + -
  • Physicians (1) + -
  • Poisoning (1) + -
  • Police (1) + -
  • Private investigators (1) + -
  • Rescues (1) + -
  • Sailors (1) + -
  • Secrecy (1) + -
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Character

  • Cinders, Caleb (Caleb Lyons) (Fictitious character) (1) + -
  • Five Points Phil (Fictitious character) (1) + -
  • Foxy Fred (Fictitious character) (1) + -

Place

  • New York (N.Y.) (3) + -

Format

  • Nickel weeklies (3) + -

Collection

  • Johannsen Collection. Rare Books and Special Collections, Northern Illinois University. (3) + -

Enabled Filters

  • (-) ≠ Steampunk fiction
  • (-) ≠ Treasure troves
  • (-) ≠ Crowell, Mary Reed, Mrs., 1847-1934
  • (-) ≠ Robbery
  • (-) = Pierce, Jo, 1852-1929
  • (-) = Missing persons

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(1 - 3 of 3)
Foxy Fred's odd pard, or, The keener's huge hustle
Title
Foxy Fred's odd pard, or, The keener's huge hustle : a romance of the strange Otis case
Author
Pierce, Jo, 1852-1929
Publisher
Beadle and Adams, No. 98 William Street
Publication Date
1892-05-03
Genre
Detective and mystery stories
Series
Beadle's half dime library
Number
Beadle's half dime library ; no. 771
North River Nat, the pier detective, or, Five Points Phil's big skirmish
Title
North River Nat, the pier detective, or, Five Points Phil's big skirmish
Author
Pierce, Jo, 1852-1929
Publisher
Beadle and Adams, No. 98 William Street
Publication Date
1887-08-23
Genre
Detective and mystery stories
Series
Beadle's half dime library
Number
Beadle's half dime library ; no. 526
grand street Arab, or, Caleb Cinders, the New York castaway
Title
The grand street Arab, or, Caleb Cinders, the New York castaway
Author
Pierce, Jo, 1852-1929
Publisher
Beadle and Adams, No. 98 William Street
Publication Date
1893-11-07
Genre
Detective and mystery stories, Bildungsromans
Series
Beadle's half dime library
Number
Beadle's half dime library ; no. 850

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