Author: Edward Wheeler

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Published: 2018-09-04

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 9781726284912

An Omnibus of Dime Novels from the Nineteenth Century. Once avidly devoured by youth across the States, these short novels are home to one of the greatest heroes in American literature, though his thrilling exploits are now sadly largely lost to time. Once upon a time, the adventures of Deadwood Dick, outlaw and Prince of the Road, were read by millions of boys, who awaited his next adventure hungrily. Originally published as weekly dime novels, these short novels are now being republished in a series of volumes, each containing 4 works by Edward L. Wheeler from the Deadwood Dick Library. The eponymous hero makes an appearance in many of the stories, though quite a few star other weird and interesting characters. Now you can own a piece of American literary history. This Volume, the sixteenth in the series, contains the dime novels: Deadwood Dick's Mission; Or, Cavie, The Kidnapped Boy. When the young son of a shipwrecked lady is stolen in a bid to extort money and marriage out of the parent, the mother and her party chase the villain across country to Leadville, accompanied by Deadwood Dick who is hunting the kidnapper for his own reasons. The Ventriloquist Detective; Or, Fritz to the Front. While travelling Fritz is recruited by a distraught father to hunt down his missing daughter and the villainous smuggler who has taken her away. The Detective Road-Agent; Or, The Miners of Sassafras City. Sent on a secret mission to the mining town of Sassafras, 'A No. 1' confronts a gang of ruthless counterfeiters that are only the cover used by the real villains he seeks, in order to put right a crime committed years before. Colorado Charlie's Detective Dash; Or, The Cattle Kings. When Charlie saves the daughter of a wealthy aristocrat he little expects to gain the enmity of her father, or to become embroiled in his evil plots and a conflict between rival landowners. This work is not a cheap scan or the result of copying and pasting; It contains no missing pages, areas of blurred or missing text, photocopier's fingers, coffee stains, or other scanning artifacts. It has all of the original text, reformatted in an easy to read format. Note that this work contains terms and language in common use in the 19th century that some people may find offensive.