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Beadle's Pocket Library No. 199

1887 · Free to read

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About this issue

This issue of Beadle's contains Chapter II of "Bill Bravo, the Bear Tamer" by T. C. Harbaugh. The serial follows Dictionary Nat, a genteel-appearing young traveler from Virginia City, as he approaches Cinnamon City, a rough Montana gold-rush settlement founded accidentally by an outlaw named Progress Paul. En route, Nat encounters Bill Bravo, a bear-tamer accompanied by two massive trained grizzlies, who reveals that Revelation Rube—Nat's enemy—recently defaced a guide-post near the trail. The two men form a partnership, and Bill takes Nat to his mountain den, a cavern home guarded by bears and inhabited by trained grizzly cubs. The narrative emphasizes frontier adventure, with Nat about to reveal his reasons for seeking Revelation Rube.

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