Beadle's Dime Library No. 737

About this issue

This issue of Beadle and Adams' dime novel series presents "Dick Buckskin," a Western adventure story centered on the mining camp of Silveropolis. The narrative opens in the Silver Ship saloon, where the proprietor, Skipper Bill, grows anxious about the rowdy Whip-Saw Gang—three violent miners named Pete Eelskin, Parson Smith, and Little Mike—who dominate the establishment through intimidation. When an old mountain man named Mart Kruger attempts to purchase a drink, Eelskin seizes his fifty-dollar bill, falsely claiming it as his own lost property. A mysterious buckskin-clad stranger with notable martial bearing, observing from across the bar, intervenes by throwing his bowie knife with precise aim, severing the bill from Eelskin's hand. The story depicts frontier conflict involving robbery, bravado, and the introduction of a capable stranger protagonist capable of extraordinary physical feats.