diamond sport, or, The double face of bed-rock | Nickels and Dimes
The diamond sport, or, The double face of bed-rock. Author . Patten, William G. (William Gilbert), 1866-1945. Publisher . Beadle and Adams, No. 98 William Street. Publication Date . 1886-12-07. Copyright Date . 1886. Series . Beadle's half dime library. Number . Beadle's half dime library ; vol. XIX, no. 489. Genre
Patten, William G. - Northern Illinois University
He had many short sketches in the Banner Weekly from 1885 to 1887, and in 1886 his first long story was published as a Half-Dime Library. It was entitled "The Diamond Sport; or, The Double Face at Bedrock," and for it he received $50.
Gilbert Patten - Wikipedia
He was a writer of dime novels. His first published dime novel was The Diamond Sport; or, The Double Face of Bed Rock, published in 1886 by Beadle. [6] . He wrote westerns with the pen name Wyoming Bill, [7] but is best known for his sporting stories in the Frank Merriwell series, written as Burt L. Standish.
Beadle's Half Dime Library - Northern Illinois University
Dick Doom's Diamond Deal; or, Billy, the Bell-Boy Detective. February 21, 1893. Preceded by Half-dime Library, no. 808 and followed by Half-dime Library, no. 819. New York City. 814. C. E. Tripp. Ace High, the Frisco Detective; or, The Girl Sport's Double Game. A Story of the Sierras and the Golden Gate City. February 28, 1893.
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Mar 27, 2023 · In 1886, his first novel, “The Diamond Sport” or, “The Double Face of Bedrock,” found its way into Beadle’s Half-Dime Library and brought home fifty dollars. Before long, readers of the Half-Dime Library were eating up tales about Captain Claw, Daisy Dare, and Wild Vulcan — the Lone Range Rider.
Frank Merriwell At Yale Again And Again And Again - American …
It wasn’t long before he saw his effort as a complete volume in Beadle’s Half-Dime Library. It was entitled The Diamond Sport; or, The Double Face of Bedrock , and it dealt with mining. Now he was away and running.
9. WRITING CAREER IS LAUNCHED – The Cattail Press
Feeling the need to earn some money to help support his parents he dusted off a western story he had started before running away to Biddeford. He rewrote and completed the story producing a dime novel totaling about 33,000 words. He called it …
Beadle's Half Dime Library - Northern Illinois University
Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 406; Half-dime Library, no. 1149. "Golden Gulch," Colorado. Vengeance of a madman. 407. Prentiss Ingraham. The Boy Insurgent; or, The Cuban Vendetta. A Romance of Cuba and its Waters at the Time of the Unfortunate "Lopez Expedition." May 12, 1885. Preceded by Half-dime Library ...
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Beadle's Pocket Library reprints stories that originally appeared in Beadle's Dime Novels, Beadle's Half-Dime Library, Beadle's Boy's Library of Sport, Story and Adventure, Frank Starr's American Novels, Beadle's Weekly, and the Saturday Journal.
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