A complete issue · 100 pages · 1881
The Double Hero
A complete, restored issue of Pulp Fiction from 1881 — all 100 pages of painted-cover fiction magazines that launched science fiction, horror, and hardboiled crime, free to page through at ComicBooks.com.
A complete issue · 100 pages · 1881
This is a catalog note about "The Double Hero; or, The Lieutenant and the Major's Daughter," a serialized novel by O. G. Iron published in Beadle and Adams's dime novel series. The installment opens with Chapter II, "The Building of the Ship," set in July 1812 at Presqu'isle (Erie), Pennsylvania, where Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry supervises construction of two naval vessels, the Lawrence and the Niagara, intended for combat against a British fleet on Lake Erie during the War of 1812. The narrative details the resourcefulness required to build warships in wilderness conditions, the strategic problem posed by the harbor's sand bar, and the American fleet's successful escape from blockade when the British Commodore Barclay abandons his post to attend a dinner in Canada. The story emphasizes patriotic determination and naval conflict.
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