Beadle's New Dime Novels: Burt Bunker, the Trapper

# Museum Catalog Note

This issue contains a Dime Hand-Books catalog and the complete serial Burt Bunker, the Trapper by Charles E. Lasalle, a frontier adventure tale published by Beadle and Adams in 1862. The narrative begins with old trapper Burt Bunker encountering a mysterious light on the prairie at night, which he initially fears is supernatural. The light proves to be a lantern held aloft by Pomp Augustus Brown, a servant to Colonel Mulford, an Indian agent. Pomp explains that Indians have kidnapped Colonel Mulford's daughter Olive and her servant Polly during an afternoon ride. The serial depicts the emerging partnership between the experienced trapper and the frightened servant as they prepare to search for the captured women across the western frontier. The catalog advertises various practical handbooks on etiquette, letter-writing, cooking, games, and public speaking.