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Publication Date

1851 - 1930

(years)

Genre

Detective and mystery stories (2316) + -
Western stories (2215) + -
Romance fiction (738) + -
Bildungsromans (609) + -
Sea stories (520) + -
War stories (362) + -
Historical fiction (355) + -
Adventure stories (179) + -
Songbooks (95) + -
Spy stories (84) + -

Humorous stories (79) + -
Ghost stories (75) + -
Biographical fiction (54) + -
Popular music (53) + -
Songs (53) + -
Hunting stories (29) + -
Science fiction (28) + -
Railroad stories (12) + -
Sports stories (10) + -
Autobiographical fiction (7) + -
College stories (7) + -
Fantasy fiction (7) + -
Legal stories (6) + -
Baseball stories (4) + -
Fan fiction (4) + -
Horror stories (4) + -
Steampunk fiction (4) + -
Christmas stories (3) + -
Domestic fiction (3) + -
Wit and humor (3) + -
Bildungsromane (2) + -
Didactic fiction (2) + -
Pastoral fiction (2) + -
Western fiction (2) + -
Autobiographies (1) + -
Football stories (1) + -
Songsters (1) + -
True crime stories (1) + -

Series

Beadle's half dime library (1083) + -
Beadle's New York dime library (1033) + -
The banner weekly (604) + -
Fame and fortune weekly (516) + -
Beadle's pocket library (407) + -
New York Saturday journal (311) + -
New Nick Carter weekly (New York, N.Y. : 1903) (281) + -
Five cent wide awake library (256) + -
Beadle's boy's library of sport, story, and adventure (Octavo edition) (246) + -
Pluck and luck (243) + -

Beadle's new dime novels (234) + -
Beadle's dime novels (218) + -
Beadle's pocket novels (179) + -
Beadle's weekly (155) + -
The New York Saturday star journal (146) + -
Waverley library (quarto edition) (144) + -
Beadle's boy's library of sport, story, and adventure (Quarto edition) (118) + -
The Saturday weekly journal (96) + -
Waverley library (octavo edition) (88) + -
Fireside library (Beadle and Adams (1872-1898)) (85) + -
Nick Carter weekly (77) + -
Deadwood Dick library (63) + -
The star journal (61) + -
Beadle's American library (58) + -
Frank Starr's American novels (50) + -
Beadle's dime dialogues (49) + -
Beadle's half-dime singer's library (41) + -
Nick Carter stories (41) + -
The Saturday journal (37) + -
Speaker series (36) + -
Beadle's dime song books (35) + -
Blue and gray weekly (32) + -
American tales (29) + -
Deadwood Dick library (London, England) (26) + -
The Young New Yorker (26) + -
The home monthly (25) + -
Beadle's dime handbooks (22) + -
Aldine Robin Hood library (18) + -
Beadle & Adams' twenty cent novels (18) + -
Nugget library (18) + -
Beadle's dime base-ball player (17) + -
New Nick Carter weekly (New York, N.Y. : 1897) (17) + -
Beadle's dime biographical library (14) + -
The Youth's casket (14) + -
Belles and beaux (13) + -
Beadle's popular library (11) + -
Irwin P. Beadle's American novels (11) + -
New and old friends (11) + -
The New York Saturday journal (10) + -
Beadle's one cent song books (9) + -
Lives of great Americans (9) + -
Frank Starr's fifteen cent illustrated novels (7) + -
Beadle's dime fiction (6) + -
New York detective library (5) + -
Frank Reade library (4) + -
Frank Reade library (Frank T. Fries) (4) + -
Frank Reade weekly magazine (4) + -
Frank Starr's New York dime library (4) + -
Irwin P. Beadle's ten cent novels (4) + -
Beadle's sixpenny tales (3) + -
Log cabin library (3) + -
My queen (3) + -
"American series" songsters (2) + -
Beadle's American sixpenny biographies (2) + -
Beadle's dime book of fun (2) + -
Beadle's fifteen cent novels (2) + -
Beadle's frontier series (2) + -
Men of the time (2) + -
Secret service : Old and Young King Brady, detectives (2) + -
Beadle's dime classic stories (1) + -

Author

Self-made man, 1853-1915 (516) + -
Garne, Gaston (470) + -
Carter, Nick (416) + -
Ingraham, Prentiss, 1843-1904 (406) + -
Wheeler, Edward L. (Edward Lytton), 1854 or 1855-1885 (334) + -
Badger, Jos. E. (Joseph Edward), 1848-1909 (233) + -
Aiken, Albert W., 1846-1894 (161) + -
Harbaugh, T. C. (Thomas Chalmers), 1849-1924 (133) + -
Coomes, Oll, 1845-1921 (129) + -
Wade, William (119) + -

Ellis, Edward Sylvester, 1840-1916 (117) + -
King, Ed (116) + -
Willett, Edward, 1830-1889 (115) + -
Morris, Charles, 1833-1922 (110) + -
Whittaker, Frederick, 1838-1889 (110) + -
Hamilton, W. J., 1843-1892 (101) + -
Cowdrick, J. C. (Jesse C.), 1859-1899 (90) + -
Starbuck, Roger, 1837- (84) + -
Eyster, William R. (William Reynolds), 1841-1918 (77) + -
Clyde, Kit (68) + -
Holmes, Howard, Captain (63) + -
Appleton, Horace (62) + -
Warne, Philip S. (59) + -
Fenton, Ralph, Colonel (58) + -
Hall, Samuel Stone, 1838-1886 (58) + -
Hemyng, Bracebridge, 1841-1901 (58) + -
Braddon, Paul (56) + -
Richards, J. P. (54) + -
Armstrong, Alexander (52) + -
Manning, William H. (William Henry), 1852-1929 (52) + -
Pierce, Jo, 1852-1929 (49) + -
Victor, Metta Victoria Fuller, 1831-1885 (49) + -
Clark, Charles Dunning, 1843-1892 (46) + -
Stevens, D. W., 1849-1901 (46) + -
Sims, A. K., 1854-1936 (45) + -
Patten, William G. (William Gilbert), 1866-1945 (44) + -
Sherman, John (41) + -
Reid, Mayne, 1818-1883 (40) + -
Pad, Peter (36) + -
Legrand, Louis (34) + -
Wilson, Thomas H., Captain (34) + -
Bowen, James L. (James Lorenzo), 1842-1919 (33) + -
Finn, Frank S. (Frank Stanislaus), 1840- (33) + -
Lee, Harry, Lieut. (32) + -
Austin, Howard (30) + -
Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917 (30) + -
Buntline, Ned, 1822 or 1823-1886 (30) + -
Draper, Allyn (28) + -
Hazard, Harry (28) + -
Howard, Charles, Captain (28) + -
Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia), 1810-1886 (28) + -
Warden, Ex-Firechief (28) + -
Knox, Jackson (26) + -
Southworth, Arabella (26) + -
Henderson, J. Stanley, 1830-1889 (25) + -
Jenks, George C. (25) + -
Payne, Harold, 1849-1895 (24) + -
Wilton, Mark, 1852-1929 (24) + -
Morris, Anthony P. (Anthony Paschal), Jr., 1849-1921 (22) + -
Arnold, Allan (21) + -
Claxton, Sara (21) + -
Iron, N. C. (Nathaniel Colchester) (21) + -
Old scout (21) + -
Teaser, Tom (21) + -
Thomas, Henry J. (20) + -
Browne, George Waldo, 1851-1930 (19) + -
Merritt, James C. (19) + -
Turner, Wm. Mason (William Mason), 1835-1877 (19) + -
Denison, Mary A. (Mary Andrews), 1826-1911 (18) + -
Cushman, Corinne (17) + -

Publisher

Beadle and Adams (1872-1898) (5033) + -
Tousey, Frank (595) + -
Beadle and Company (462) + -
Street & Smith (439) + -
Wolff, Harry E. (370) + -
M.J. Ivers & Co. (218) + -
Westbury Publishing Co., Inc. (81) + -
Frank Starr & Co. (62) + -
Beadle and Adams (1856-1860) (37) + -
George Routledge and Sons (29) + -

George Newnes, Limited (26) + -
Aldine Publishing Company (18) + -
Irwin P. Beadle & Co. (1859-1860) (18) + -
Beadle & Brother (12) + -
American News Company (11) + -
Irwin P. Beadle (Firm) (7) + -
Irwin P. Beadle & Co. (1862-1864) (5) + -
M.J. Ivers & Co (5) + -
Arthur Westbrook Company (4) + -
Fries, Frank T. (4) + -
Irwin & Co. (4) + -
Tousey & Small (3) + -
Tousey, Sinclair, 1818-1887 (3) + -
American Novel Publishing Co. (2) + -
Beadle, Erastus Flavel, 1821-1894 (2) + -
Bonner, Robert, 1824-1899 (2) + -
Waters, Eberts & Co. (2) + -

Topic

Murder (1248) + -
Outlaws (1056) + -
Investigation (892) + -
Indians of North America (790) + -
Revenge (743) + -
Inheritance and succession (685) + -
Abduction (556) + -
History (501) + -
Rescues (487) + -
Frontier and pioneer life (484) + -

Indian captivities (415) + -
Mexicans (406) + -
Scouts (Reconnaissance) (397) + -
Kidnapping (386) + -
African Americans (374) + -
Man-woman relationships (359) + -
Brigands and robbers (356) + -
English (344) + -
Gold mines and mining (335) + -
Robbery investigation (322) + -
Robbery (311) + -
Young businesspeople (307) + -
Soldiers (302) + -
Mining camps (298) + -
Disguise (276) + -
Cowboys (263) + -
Escapes (261) + -
Pirates (260) + -
Gamblers (258) + -
Private investigators (253) + -
Missing persons (251) + -
Hunters (226) + -
Female offenders (220) + -
French (213) + -
Stockbrokers (212) + -
Attempted murder (209) + -
Treasure troves (201) + -
Dueling (194) + -
Trappers (191) + -
Indians (177) + -
Women heroes (172) + -
Irish (159) + -
Unrequited love (159) + -
False imprisonment (154) + -
Apache Indians (145) + -
Deception (142) + -
Bars (Drinking establishments) (140) + -
Orphans (137) + -
Heroes (136) + -
Dakota Indians (133) + -
Gambling (129) + -
Spaniards (122) + -
Vigilantes (122) + -
Escaped prisoners (121) + -
Miners (120) + -
Shipwrecks (120) + -
Racially mixed people (119) + -
Wagon trains (119) + -
Battles (111) + -
Wills (111) + -
Comanche Indians (108) + -
Chinese (107) + -
Marriage (106) + -
Shooters of firearms (105) + -
Fugitives from justice (104) + -
Conduct of life (103) + -
Prisoners (103) + -
Conspiracy (101) + -
Diamonds (100) + -
Scalping (100) + -

Character

Carter, Nick (301) + -
Carter, Chick (Fictitious character) (167) + -
Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917 (114) + -
Murphy, Patsy (Fictitious character) (114) + -
Deadwood Dick (Fictitious character) (89) + -
Deadwood Dick, Jr. (Fictitious character) (79) + -
United States (70) + -
Powell, David Franklin, 1847-1906 (52) + -
Calamity Jane, 1856-1903 (46) + -
Washington, George, 1732-1799 (43) + -

Broadway Billy (William Weston) (Fictitious character) (36) + -
Ten-Ichi (Fictitious character) (36) + -
Harkaway, Jack (Fictitious character) (33) + -
Clark, Jack (Fictitious character) (32) + -
Prentiss, Will (Fictitious character) (32) + -
Confederate States of America (29) + -
Hickok, Wild Bill, 1837-1876 (29) + -
Omohundro, John Burwell, 1846-1880 (29) + -
Talbot, Dick (Fictitious character) (29) + -
Old Avalanche the Annihilator (Fictitious character) (26) + -
Phenix, Joe (Fictitious character) (26) + -
Howe, William Howe, Viscount, 1729-1814 (21) + -
Sitting Bull, 1831-1890 (20) + -
Bowers, Joe (Fictitious character) (19) + -
Boone, Daniel, 1734-1820 (16) + -
Burr, Thad (Fictitious character) (16) + -
Girty, Simon, 1741-1818 (16) + -
Arnold, Benedict, 1741-1801 (15) + -
Byrnes, Thomas, 1842-1910 (15) + -
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 (15) + -
Brant, Joseph, 1742-1807 (14) + -
Carson, Kit, 1809-1868 (14) +