Beadle's Pocket Library
103 issues in the collection · 128 readable cover-to-cover. Public domain, digitally restored.
Beadle's Pocket Library serialized frontier adventures, financial ruin narratives, and maritime mysteries from 1884 onward, featuring authors like Edward L. Wheeler (Deadwood Dick) and Captain Mayne Reid. Readers encounter Kit Carson scouting mustangs, street bootblacks navigating Philadelphia, lost emigrant trains on Dakota prairies, and elaborate schemes aboard storm-tossed ships.
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Read · 32 pages1884This issue of Beadle and Adams Weekly (Vol.
Read · 32 pages1884This installment of the weekly serial by Edward L.
Read · 32 pages1884This Beadle and Adams dime novel by Oll Coomes (also author of "Antelope Abe" and "Keen-Knife") follows two young mustangers pursued across the Texas prairie by Comanche warriors.
Read · 128 pages1884This January 1884 Beadle and Adams weekly dime novel features "Deadwood Dick, the Prince of the Road; or, The Black Rider of the Black Hills" by Edward L.
Read · 32 pages1884Antelope Abe, the Boy Guide by Noll Coomes
This dime novel serial follows Antelope Abe, an eighteen-year-old skilled marksman, horseman, and scout, pursued across the Des Moines prairie by hostile Indians.
Read · 32 pages1884This 1884 dime novel by Edward L.
Read · 32 pages1884This serialized adventure by Edward L.
Read · 32 pages1884This 1884 Beadle and Adams dime novel serializes "Dandy Jack: The Outlaw of the Oregon Trail" by T.C.
Read · 32 pages1884This dime novel installment, credited to "Texas Jack" (J.
Read · 32 pages1884Hurricane Bill; or, Mustang Sam and his "Pard," A Romance of the "Evil Land" by Jos.
Read · 32 pages1884This issue of Beadle's Dime Novels (Vol.
Read · 32 pages1884This frontier adventure serial by Harry St.
Read · 32 pages1884This issue of Beadle and Adams' dime novel features "The Double Daggers: Deadwood Dick's Defiance" by Edward L.
Read · 32 pages1884Single Hand; or, A Life for a Life by W.
Read · 32 pages1884This Rocky Mountain romance by Philip S.
Read · 32 pages1884Diamond Dirk; or, The Mystery of the Yellowstone by Colonel Prentiss Ingraham
This western adventure serial opens with a hunting expedition near Yellowstone composed of Lord Gilbe
Read · 32 pages1884This issue features the opening installment of Harry St.
Read · 32 pages1884This 1884 Beadle and Adams dime novel presents "Nightingale Nat: The Forest Captains" by T.
Read · 32 pages1885This installment of Bracebridge Hemyng's serialized adventure novel follows Jack Harkaway, an eighteen-year-old gentleman in London, and his servant Monday.
Read · 32 pages1885This serialized novella by Edward L.
Read · 32 pages1885This weekly serial by Edward L.
Read · 32 pages1885This 1885 Beadle and Adams weekly features "Bill Biddon, Trapper; Life in the Northwest" by Edward S.
Read · 32 pages1885"Tippy, the Texan; or, The Young Champion" by George Gleason is a serial fiction installment set during the Mexican-American War's Siege of Monterey (September 1846).
Read · 32 pages1885This 1885 Beadle and Adams dime novel features "Mustang Sam, the King of the Plains," a western frontier story by Joseph E.
Read · 32 pages1885"The Black Steed of the Prairies," by James L.
Read · 32 pages1885By Edward L. Wheeler, appearing as Half-Dime Library No.
Read · 32 pages1885Old Zip's Cabin: A Greenhorn in the Woods by Captain J.
Read · 32 pages1885This serial installment, "Delaware Dick: The Young Ranger Spy; or, Brother Against Brother" by Oll Coomes, depicts Revolutionary War espionage and guerrilla action.
Read · 32 pages1886This 1886 Beadle and Adams weekly serializes "Thunderbolt Tom, the Wolf-Herder of the Rockies" by Harry St.
Read · 32 pages1886This 1886 Beadle and Adams story by Charles Morris follows the titular protagonist through criminal intrigue in New York.
Read · 32 pages1886"Handsome Harry, the Bootblack Detective" by Charles Morris opens in City Hall Park, New York, where the protagonist—an intelligent, well-dressed bootblack of about twelve—maintain
Read · 32 pages1886The Mad Miner; or, Dandy Rock's Doom: A Thrilling Story of the War for the Valley of Gold by G.
Read · 32 pages1886This 1886 dime novel by Jos. E.
Read · 32 pages1886The Sea Trailer; or, A Vow Well Kept by Col.
Read · 32 pages1886This installment of "Jack Hoyle's Lead: The Road to Fortune" by Edward L.
Read · 32 pages1886This serialized frontier adventure follows Mark Dorland and his small family—wife Miriam and son Dane, aged ten—who flee eastward in two ox-wagons toward distant mines, seeking refuge from Malcolm Dane's vendetta over a past killing.
Read · 32 pages1886This issue features the opening installment of T.
Read · 32 pages1886This issue of the Beadle and Adams weekly (December 15, 1886) presents "Wild Frank, the Buckskin Bravo; or, Lady Lily's Love" by Edward L.
Read · 32 pages1886The Branded Hand; The Man of Mystery
Serial adventure by Frank Dumont, author of "Wide-Awake" and other works.
Read · 32 pages1886This issue of Beadle and Adams's weekly dime novel (Vol.
Read · 32 pages1886This Philadelphia-set adventure serial by Edward L.
Read · 32 pages1886By Captain Mayne Reid, this serialized narrative is set in 1860s Arkansas backwoods near Helena.
Read · 32 pages1886This serialized Western story, "Scar-Face Saul, the Silent Hunter; or, The Mystery of Fort Rane" by Oll Coomes, opens on the Dakota prairie.
Read · 32 pages1886This serial adventure by T. C. Harbaugh follows the exploits of Piney Paul, a sixteen-year-old wilderness expert in the Adirondacks.
Read · 32 pages1886This issue features the opening of "Deadwood Dick's Double: The Ghost of Gorgon's Gulch," a Western serial by Edward L.
Read · 32 pages1886"Lost in the Polar Regions" by Captain Fred Whittaker is a serialized adventure narrative.
Read · 32 pages1886This issue contains "Fancy Frank, of Colorado: The Trapper's Trust," a frontier serial by Buffalo Bill (Hon.
Read · 32 pages1887Roy, the Young Cattle King, by Col.
Read · 32 pages1887This serial adventure by Frank Dumont is set in the Colorado mining region around Silver Circle.
Read · 32 pages1887This issue of Beadle's contains Chapter II of "Bill Bravo, the Bear Tamer" by T.
Read · 32 pages1887Captain Frederick Whittaker's serial adventure novel follows twin sons of the American Consul at Damascus—nineteen-year-old Launcelot (Launce) and Charles (Charley) Benton—as they depart on a desert expedition.
Read · 32 pages1887"Dandy Darke's Pards: The Hawks of High Pine" by W.M.
Read · 32 pages1887This installment of "Tom, the Texan Tiger" by Oll Coomes features a prairie merchant train led by Daniel Walden and his daughter Jacquetta crossing Western Texas toward the Colorado River.
Read · 32 pages1887This weekly periodical from November 30, 1887, contains "Sam, the Office Boy: The Tables Turned," a serial by Charles Morris.
Read · 32 pages1887This issue of Beadle's Dime Novels contains "Will Wildfire in the Woods: Camp Life in the Alleghanies" by Charles Morris, author of numerous dime-novel serials.
Read · 32 pages1887This issue of Beadle and Adams' weekly from December 7, 1887 features "The Young Cowboy; or, The Girl Trailer's Triumph" by Col.
Read · 32 pages1887This issue features "Ned Temple, the Border Boy: The Mad Hunter of Powder River," a Montana romance by T.
Read · 32 pages1887This 1887 Beadle and Adams weekly (Vol.
Read · 32 pages1887This Beadle and Adams serial by T.
Read · 32 pages1887This 1887 Beadle and Adams dime novel, Patent-Leather Joe's Defeat, by Philip S.
Read · 32 pages1887Kentuck Talbot's Band: The Red Lasso by Captain Mark Wilton
This frontier adventure serial opens during the Mexican-American War along the border.
Read · 32 pages1887This 1887 dime novel by Col. Prentiss Ingraham features "Buffalo Billy, the Boy Bullwhacker; or, The Doomed Thirteen." The narrative follows fifteen-year-old Billy Cody, a skilled marksman and rider dressed in fringed buckskin.
Read · 32 pages1887This issue of the weekly pulp magazine features the opening installment of "Bob Rockett, the Cracksman: Driven to the Wall" by Charles Morris, part of a series about the titular character.
Read · 32 pages1887This 1887 pulp serial, Little Hurricane, the Boy Captain; or, The Oath of the Young Avengers by Oll Coomes, opens with a frontier melodrama.
Read · 32 pages1888Colonel Prentiss Ingraham's serial "Merle Monte's Last Cruise: or, The Sea Robber at Bay" continues the exploits of a naval officer pursuing piracy in the Gulf of Mexico.
Read · 32 pages1888Two figures crouch before a castle entrance, one pointing a rifle at the other in this wood-engraved cover for "Trapper Tom's Castle Mystery." The dramatic scene—rendered in stark
Read · 32 pages1888This serialized adventure by Jos.
Read · 32 pages1889This issue of Beadle and Adams' dime novel (No.
Read · 32 pages1889By Edward L. Wheeler, this serialized story in Beadle and Adams Weekly (Vol.
Read · 32 pages1889Blade, the Sport: The Giant of Clear Grit Camp by T.
Read · 32 pages1889This serial adventure by Major E.
Read · 32 pages1889This serialized story by Captain J.
Read · 32 pages1889"Double-Fisted Mat; or, The Mystic California Giant" by Jos.
Read · 32 pages1889This issue of a dime novel serial features "Denver Doll's Partner; or, Big Buckskin, the Sport" by Edward L.
Read · 32 pages1889Old Graybeard's Boy: The Girl's Ruse by C.
Read · 48 pages1889By Charles Morris, this serialized adventure follows Billy, a peanut-and-gum-drop vendor for the Lightning Express railroad, after he falls from a moving train traveling forty miles per hour near Pittsburgh.
Read · 32 pages1889This frontier adventure serial by Capt.
Read · 32 pages1889By Col. Prentiss Ingraham, this serial installment is set during the War of 1812 in Long Island Sound.
Read · 32 pages1889This pulp serial by "Buckskin Sam" (Maj.
Read · 32 pages1889Published by Beadle and Adams, this dime novel by "Buckskin Sam" (Major Sam S.
Read · 32 pages1889This issue of Beadle and Adams' Half-Dime Library (No.
Read · 32 pages1889This issue contains the opening installments of "Denver Doll's Mine," serialized by Edward L.
Read · 48 pages1889This weekly dime novel presents two interconnected frontier narratives.
Read · 32 pages1889Kit, the Girl Detective: Dandy Dash in California
This Beadle and Adams story by T.
Read · 32 pages1889By Joseph E. Badger, Jr., this serialized frontier romance opens with hunters camped on the Texas plains debating the existence of a mysterious female rider.
Read · 32 pages1889This issue of Beadle and Adams' dime novel (No.
Read · 32 pages1890This 1890 Beadle and Adams serial, "Honest Jack's Protege: The Dwarf's Scheme" by Philip S.
Read · 32 pages1890This serialized western story by Edward Willett follows a young contortionist named Clip Saunders in the frontier settlement of Orodia, near Virginia City.
Read · 32 pages1890This issue of Beadle and Adams' pulp weekly (No.
Read · 32 pages1890This serialized novel opens with a street brawl on a quiet city street where well-dressed, slight-built Will Worth is tormented by Jimmy Jones and his gang of ragged boys.
Read · 32 pages1890This dime novel serial by "Buckskin Sam" (Maj.
Read · 32 pages1890This serial western by Edward L.
Read · 32 pages1890This serial by Roger Starbuck, beginning in volume XXV, no.
Read · 32 pages1891This Western adventure serial opens as the outlaw Red Bivens and his gang threaten miner Scott Marlot and his granddaughter Ora with a three-hour ultimatum to abandon their valuable claim near Driftwood.
Read · 32 pages1891The Cave Treasure, by Paul Bibbs, is a serialized adventure narrative set in 1853 Port au Prince, Haiti.
Read · 32 pages1891Edward L. Wheeler's "Jim, the Sport, in Wake-Up" follows Gerald Gardner, a well-to-do businessman arriving at the mining camp via trail from Arizona.
Read · 32 pages1891Captain Blake's Jonah; or, Harry, the Cabin Boy
By Roger Starbuck.
Read · 32 pages1891This issue features "The Giant Miner of the Gulch" by Maj.
Read · 32 pages1891This 1891 issue of Vell contains the opening installments of "The Sea Cat's Prize; The Flag of the Red Hands," a serial adventure by Colonel Prentiss Ingraham.
Read · 32 pages1891This issue contains the opening installment of "Larry O'Lynn's Dash" by Jos.
Read · 32 pages1891Col. Prentiss Ingraham's serial novel "Bronco Billy, the Saddle Prince" appears in this 1891 Beadle and Adams dime novel.
Read · 32 pages1891Charles Morris's "Dick, the Stowaway; or, A Yankee Boy's Strange Cruise" is a maritime adventure novel serialized in this weekly.
Read · 32 pages1891Wide-Awake George, the Boy Pioneer by Edward Willett is a frontier narrative serialized in this 1891 Beadle and Adams dime novel.
Read · 32 pages1891"Wild Bill, the Pistol Prince" by Colonel Prentiss Ingraham traces the life of James Butler Hickok from early boyhood.
Read · 32 pages1891Brimstone Bill's Booty by Joseph E.
Read · 32 pages1891This issue of Beadle and Adams' weekly magazine features "The Boy Tramps; The Roughs of Demon Hollow" by J.
Read · 32 pages1891This 1891 Beadle and Adams publication features "Charley Skylark, the Sport," a school-adventure serial by Maj.
Read · 32 pages1892"The Dwarf Guide" by Captain Comstock.
Read · 32 pages1892This 1892 Beadle and Adams weekly serial by Major H.B.
Read · 32 pages1892This serialized novel by Charles Morris opens on the frozen Neva River at St.
Read · 32 pages1892This issue of Beadle and Adams Weekly contains the opening chapters of "Old Grizzly in the Rockies: Bruin Adams, the Boy Ranger" by Colonel Prentiss Ingraham.
Read · 32 pages1892An Irish Sport Abroad: Pat Mulloney's Adventures
This serialized adventure by C.
Read · 32 pages1892This issue contains the opening serial installment of "Oregon Josh, the Wizard Rifle; or, The Young Trapper Champion" by Roger Starbuck.
Read · 32 pages1892This issue of Beadle and Adams' weekly (Vol.
Read · 32 pages1892This Edward Willett frontier adventure serial follows Fred Wilder, nicknamed Silverspur by Native Americans, a well-dressed mountain man trader living in St.
Read · 32 pages1892This dime novel installment features a frontier crime narrative.
Read · 32 pages1892"Wistah, the Child Spy; or, The Old Scout of the Wabash" by George Gleason is a frontier adventure serial set in Indiana Territory near the Wabash River, circa post-Revolutionary War.
Read · 32 pages1892The Masked Avenger: Death on the Trail
This serial installment, written by Col.
Read · 32 pages1892This 1892 pulp magazine issue from Beadle and Adams contains Charles Morris's adventure serial "From Moscow to Siberia: A Yankee Boy to the Rescue," beginning with Chapter I.
Read · 32 pages1892By Lewis W. Carson, this serial adventure appears in Beadle and Adams weekly (No.
Read · 32 pages1892This opening installment of the adventure serial by Jos.
Read · 32 pages1893This issue of Beadle and Adams (No.
Read · 32 pages1893This issue of Beadle and Adams presents the opening serial installment by W.
Read · 32 pages1893By James L. Bowen, this serial installment (No.
Read · 32 pages1893This issue features the serialized story "Old Nancy's Ward: The Rustic Rifle Rangers" by Lieut.
Read · 32 pages1893This issue of the Beadle and Adams dime novel series contains "Jack's Snare: The Kent Boys' Plot" by Mrs.
Read · 32 pages1893"Harry Winkle's Long Chase" by William R.
Read · 32 pages1893This serial, featured in Beadle and Adams' Dime Library (Vol.
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