Dashing Diamond Dick and Other Classic Dime Novels

Name: Dashing Diamond Dick and Other Classic Dime Novels
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ISBN: 9780143104971

Various, J. Randolph Cox, J. Randolph Cox

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Penguin USA
26 June 2007

Anthologies (non-poetry); Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Short stories

A one-of-a-kind compendium of popular fiction from a bygone era

Dime novels, as fundamentally American as baseball and jazz, were an inexpensive and inexhaustible source of popular entertainment for millions of Americans in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The five novels in this unique anthology are classic examples of the form, which encompassed Westerns, early science fiction, detective and mystery yarns, and Revolutionary War historicals. From the handsome gambler ""Dashing Diamond Dick"" and the daring inventor in ""Over the Andes with Frank Reade, Jr., in His New Air-Ship"" to the mythic baseball player in ""Frank Merriwell's Finish,"" here are some of the most valiant heroes and notorious rogues in the pantheon. Read together, these novels are fascinating time capsules from a young nation in love with its larger-than-life characters.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust theseries to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-datetranslations by award-winning translators.

By: Various
Introduction by: J. Randolph Cox
Compiled by: J. Randolph Cox
Imprint: Penguin USA
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 297g
ISBN: 9780143104971
ISBN 10: 0143104977
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 26 June 2007
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Inactive

J. Randolph Coxis the editor of Dime Novel Round-Up and a professor emeritus at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota.