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The Deadwood Dick Library, Vol. III, No. 39

1899 · Free to read

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About this issue

This issue of the Half-Dime Library (December 6, 1899) is primarily a catalog listing of the Deadwood Dick, Jr. novel series by Edward L. Wheeler, containing approximately 150 numbered titles tracking the character's adventures across mining camps, Western towns, and urban settings including Denver, Boston, San Francisco, and Mexico. The featured story is "Deadwood Dick's Doom; Calamity Jane's Last Adventure," set in Death Notch, Nevada. The narrative follows a young woman and her Black companion who arrive by stage coach seeking passage to Helena but find themselves stranded for a week, encountering the town's lawless residents including Piute Dave (the local ruler) and the mysterious threat of vengeance from the displaced Indian chief Red Hatchet. The story combines Western frontier adventure with mining-camp violence and supernatural elements as foreshadowed by recent warnings.

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