Beadle's Half Dime Library, Vol. 1, No. 8

# Catalog Note: Beadle and Adams Dime Novel Collection

This assemblage of Beadle and Adams dime novels spans issues from the 1860s through 1880s, featuring serialized frontier, adventure, and nautical fiction. "Seth Jones; or, The Captives of the Frontier" by Edward S. Ellis opens with Alfred Haverland, an American settler, felling timber in remote western New York. Warned by the arriving Yankee scout Seth Jones of hostile Indian activity following wartime escalation, Haverland nonetheless places faith in his past honest dealings with local tribes. "Daring Davy, The Young Bear Killer" by George S. (frontier adventure) and "Cinnamon Chip, the Girl Sport" by Edward L. Wheeler (featuring the character Rosebud Rob) pursue comparable outdoor action themes. "Lance and Lasso" by Captain Frederick Whitt chronicles four schoolboys' summer adventure on the Buenos Aires pampas. "The Yankee Rajahs" by C. Dunning Clark offers colonial adventure, while "Rapier Raphael" by Major Henry B. Stoddard depicts swordsmen in Zacatecas. "The Avenging Son" by Colonel Prentiss Ingraham presents a Gulf-set maritime romance featuring pursuing vessels.