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Nickels and Dimes: From the Collections of Johannsen and LeBlanc Nickels and Dimes: From the Collections of Johannsen and LeBlanc

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Publication Date

1892 - 1895
(years)

Genre

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

Series

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

Author

  • Pierce, Jo, 1852-1929 (2) + -
  • Ingraham, Prentiss, 1843-1904 (1) + -

Publisher

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

Topic

  • Homeless youth (3) + -
  • Inheritance and succession (3) + -
  • Murder (2) + -
  • Private investigators (2) + -
  • Robbery (2) + -
  • Brothers and sisters (1) + -
  • Deception (1) + -
  • Disguise (1) + -
  • Enemies (1) + -
  • Forgiveness (1) + -
  • Kidnapping (1) + -
  • Rescues (1) + -
  • Revenge (1) + -
  • Secret societies (1) + -
  • Shoe shiners (1) + -
  • Street youth (1) + -
  • Swindlers and swindling (1) + -
  • Tramps (1) + -
  • Vendetta (1) + -
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Character

  • Cast-off Cale (Caleb Robbins) (Fictitious character) (1) + -
  • Good-for-Nothing Jerry Jerry Higgs (Fictitious character) (1) + -
  • New York Nat (Fictitious character) (1) + -
  • Toddles the Tramp (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) + -

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  • (-) = Homeless youth--Fiction

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West Broadway gamin, or, Toddles, the tramp, in clover
Title
The West Broadway gamin, or, Toddles, the tramp, in clover : a story of Good-for-Nothing Jerry, the ex-bootblack
Author
Pierce, Jo, 1852-1929
Publisher
Beadle and Adams, No. 98 William Street
Publication Date
1893-12-12
Genre
Detective and mystery stories, Bildungsromans
Series
Beadle's half dime library
Number
Beadle's half dime library ; no. 855
New York Nat, the gamin detective, or, The girl queen of the Boy Police League
Title
New York Nat, the gamin detective, or, The girl queen of the Boy Police League
Author
Ingraham, Prentiss, 1843-1904
Publisher
Beadle and Adams, No. 98 William Street
Publication Date
1894-01-09
Genre
Detective and mystery stories
Series
Beadle's half dime library
Number
Beadle's half dime library ; no. 859
Cast-off Cale, the scapegoat detective, or, Sailing under false colors
Title
Cast-off Cale, the scapegoat detective, or, Sailing under false colors : the story of the hot hustle at Swagger Alley
Author
Pierce, Jo, 1852-1929
Publisher
Beadle and Adams, No. 98 William Street
Publication Date
1892-07-12
Genre
Detective and mystery stories
Series
Beadle's half dime library
Number
Beadle's half dime library ; no. 781

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