A complete issue · 270 pages · 1900
In Barracks and Wigwam
A complete, restored issue of Penny Dreadfuls from 1900 — all 270 pages of cheap serialized Victorian sensation fiction — crime, horror, and lurid melodrama, free to page through at ComicBooks.com.
A complete issue · 270 pages · 1900
This issue of the Medal Library series (No. 36) contains In Barracks and Wigwam by William Murray Graydon, a boys' adventure story centered on three young men whose paths converge at Carlisle, Pennsylvania. The narrative follows Linn Hilliard, a wealthy banker's son and college football captain; Bruce Cameron, son of an Indian school principal aspiring to West Point; and Deerfoot, an eighteen-year-old Sioux chief's son attending the government Indian school. After a close college football victory, Steve Halsey—a dissolute student—provokes Deerfoot into athletic competitions. Deerfoot defeats Linn in a mile race, and Bruce challenges him to wrestling. The text suggests this athletic confrontation initiates a series of adventures linking the three protagonists. The narrative blends sports narrative with frontier themes common to period boys' literature.
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