Dashing Diamond Dick and Other Classic Dime Novels Paperback - 2007
by Various; Compiled by J. Randolph Cox; Introduction by J. Randolph Cox
A one-of-a-kind compendium of popular fiction from a bygone era
Dime novels -as fundamentally American as baseball and jazz-were an inexpensive and inexhaustible source of popular entertainment for millions of Americans in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The five novels in this unique anthology are classic examples of the form, which encompassed Westerns, early science fiction, detective and mystery yarns, and Revolutionary War historicals. From the handsome gambler "Dashing Diamond Dick" and the daring inventor in "Over the Andes with Frank Reade, Jr., in His New Air-Ship" to the mythic baseball player in "Frank Merriwell's Finish," here are some of the most valiant heroes and notorious rogues in the pantheon. Read together, these novels are fascinating time capsules from a young nation in love with its larger-than-life characters.
Summary
Dime novels ?as fundamentally American as baseball and jazz?were an inexpensive and inexhaustible source of popular entertainment for millions of Americans in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The five novels in this unique anthology are classic examples of the form, which encompassed Westerns, early science fiction, detective and mystery yarns, and Revolutionary War historicals. From the handsome gambler ?Dashing Diamond Dick? and the daring inventor in ?Over the Andes with Frank Reade, Jr., in His New Air-Ship? to the mythic baseball player in ?Frank Merriwell?s Finish,? here are some of the most valiant heroes and notorious rogues in the pantheon. Read together, these novels are fascinating time capsules from a young nation in love with its larger-than-life characters.
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- Title Dashing Diamond Dick and Other Classic Dime Novels
- Author Various; Compiled by J. Randolph Cox; Introduction by J. Randolph Cox
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 384
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Group, New York, NY
- Date 2007-07-01
- Features Bibliography, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780143104971 / 0143104977
- Weight 0.59 lbs (0.27 kg)
- Dimensions 7.78 x 5.14 x 0.73 in (19.76 x 13.06 x 1.85 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects American fiction - 20th century, Popular literature - United States
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006052788
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Citations
- Library Journal, 06/01/2007, Page 171
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