A complete issue · 107 pages · 1881
The Wrong Man
A complete, restored issue of Pulp Fiction from 1881 — all 107 pages of painted-cover fiction magazines that launched science fiction, horror, and hardboiled crime, free to page through at ComicBooks.com.
A complete issue · 107 pages · 1881
This Beadle and Adams dime novel, set in early Ohio frontier settlement, features a western hunter and a Connecticut Yankee peddler. The hunter, described as tall and muscular with keen black eyes and frontier dress (linsey-woolsey shirt, buckskin leggings, ornamental knife), pursues a deer along the Ohio River but falls during the chase. A Yankee peddler appears, laughing at the mishap. The hunter resents the intrusion, muttering about "d—d Yankees," while the peddler, florid-faced and good-humored, carries a willow staff and engages in banter. Their dialogue establishes sharp regional contrast: the hunter dismissive and aggressive; the peddler quick-witted and verbose, launching into tall tales about his ninety-seven-year-old father's hunting exploits in Connecticut, including implausible claims about snow and apples.
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