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Publication Date

1887 - 1895
(years)

Genre

  • Detective and mystery stories (3) + -

Series

  • Beadle's half dime library (2) + -
  • Beadle's New York dime library (1) + -

Publisher

  • Beadle and Adams (1872-1898) (3) + -

Topic

  • Millionaires (3) + -
  • Inheritance and succession (2) + -
  • African Americans (1) + -
  • Attempted murder (1) + -
  • Brothers (1) + -
  • Corrupt practices (1) + -
  • Criminals (1) + -
  • Dandies (1) + -
  • Escapes (1) + -
  • Extortion (1) + -
  • Hypnotism and crime (1) + -
  • Kidnapping (1) + -
  • Lisping (1) + -
  • Miners (1) + -
  • Mistaken identity (1) + -
  • Private investigators (1) + -
  • Religious institutions (1) + -
  • Rescues (1) + -
  • Robbery (1) + -
  • Shoe shiners (1) + -
  • Wills (1) + -
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Character

  • Broadway Billy (William Weston) (Fictitious character) (2) + -

Place

  • New York (N.Y.) (2) + -
  • Paris (France) (1) + -

Format

  • Nickel weeklies (3) + -

Collection

  • Johannsen Collection. Rare Books and Special Collections, Northern Illinois University. (3) + -

Enabled Filters

  • (-) = Millionaires--Fiction
  • (-) = Cowdrick, J. C. (Jesse C.), 1859-1899

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Gilbert of Gotham, the steel arm detective, or, Fighting the powers of air
Title
Gilbert of Gotham, the steel arm detective, or, Fighting the powers of air
Author
Cowdrick, J. C. (Jesse C.), 1859-1899
Publisher
Beadle & Adams, Publishers, 98 William Street
Publication Date
1887-11-16
Genre
Detective and mystery stories
Series
Beadle's New York dime library
Number
Beadle's New York dime library ; no. 473
Broadway Billy's French game, or, The miner millionaire among the sharpers of Paris
Title
Broadway Billy's French game, or, The miner millionaire among the sharpers of Paris
Author
Cowdrick, J. C. (Jesse C.), 1859-1899
Publisher
Beadle and Adams, No. 98 William Street
Publication Date
1894-04-24
Genre
Detective and mystery stories
Series
Beadle's half dime library
Number
Beadle's half dime library ; no. 874
Broadway Billy's "diffikilty," or, Old Rodman's millions
Title
Broadway Billy's "diffikilty," or, Old Rodman's millions
Author
Cowdrick, J. C. (Jesse C.), 1859-1899
Publisher
Beadle and Adams, No. 98 William Street
Publication Date
1887-11-01
Genre
Detective and mystery stories
Series
Beadle's half dime library
Number
Beadle's half dime library ; no. 536

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