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Beadle's Dime Fiction

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1.

George Henry Prentice. The Marked Bullet; or, The Squaw's Reprieve. A Tale of Border Life. November 15, 1864.

Found in: Dime Fiction, no. 1; Boy's Books of Romance and Adventure, no. 16; Starr's American Novels, no. 219.

Locale: Central Ohio.

2.

John J. Marshall. The Outlaw Brothers; or, The Captive of the Harpes. A Tale of the Early Kentucky Settlements. December 13, 1864.

Found in: Dime Fiction, no. 2; New and Old Friends (n.s.), no. 1; Boy's Books of Romance and Adventure, no. 20; Starr's American Novels, no. 206; Half-Dime Library, no. 97; Pocket Library, no. 229.

The Harpes were famous for their crimes in Kentucky near the close of the eighteenth century.

3.

J. Stanley Henderson. The Willing Captive; or, The Woodyard Mystery. A Tale of Ohio River Life. January 17, 1865.

Found in: Dime Fiction, no. 3; Boy's Books of Romance and Adventure, no. 21.

4.

John J. Marshall. The Deer-Hunters; or, Life and Love in the Ottawa Country. February 14, 1865.

Found in: Dime Fiction, no. 4; Starr's American Novels, no. 210; Boy's Library (quarto edition), no. 69; Boy's Library (octavo edition), no. 127.

A romance of Sandusky Bay and Ottawa County, Ohio.

5.

C. L. Edwards. The Dacotah Queen; or, Pat Mulloney's Pilgrimage. A Romance of the Indian Country. March 14, 1865.

Found in: Dime Fiction, no. 5; Boy's Books of Romance and Adventure, no. 17; Starr's American Novels, no. 220; Boy's Library (quarto edition), no. 73; Boy's Library (octavo edition), no. 103; Pocket Library, no. 435.

Headwaters of the Yellowstone in 1844.

6.

J. Stanley Henderson. Missing Jo; or, The Mystery of Camp White. A Tale of the Tents. April 11, 1865.

Found in: Dime Fiction, no. 6.

7.

George Henry Prentice. Gottlieb Gootsoock; or, The Bride of the Wilderness. An Episode of the Border. May 16, 1865.

Found in: Dime Fiction, no. 7; Starr's American Novels, no. 214; Boy's Library (octavo edition), no. 307.

Festivities in the backwoods of Ohio (?) interrupted by Miami Indians. Date about 1815.

8.

J. Stanley Henderson. Prairie Chick; or, The Quaker Abroad. June 13, 1865.

Found in: Dime Fiction, no. 8; Boy's Books of Romance and Adventure, no. 3; Starr's American Novels, no. 221.

9.

John J. Marshall. Roving Ben; or, The Cruise of the Adelaide. A Story of a Young American who wanted to See the World. July 11, 1865.

Found in: Dime Fiction, no. 9; Boy's Books of Romance and Adventure, no. 2; Half-Dime Library, no. 40; Boy's Library (octavo edition), no. 13.

A trip from the Catskills to New York City, thence to Ceylon. A shipwreck and twenty-one days in an open boat.

 


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