PDF Books in Dime Novels
Buffalo Bill's Ruse
by Prentiss IngrahamBuffalo Bill's Ruse is a dime novel written by Colonel Prentiss Ingraham, who is author of the celebrated “Buffalo Bill” stories published in theBorder Stories. For other titles see catalogue. It is now some generations since Josh Billings, Ned Buntline, and Colonel Prentiss Ingraham, intimate friends of Colonel William F. Cody, used to forgather i..
Buffalo Bill's Still Hunt
by Prentiss IngrahamBuffalo Bill's Still Hunt is a western story written by Colonel Prentiss Ingraham, who is also the author of the celebrated “Buffalo Bill” stories published in the Border Stories. It is now some generations since Josh Billings, Ned Buntline, and Colonel Prentiss Ingraham, intimate friends of Colonel William F. Cody, used to forgather in the of..
Frank Merriwell's First Job
by Burt L. StandishFrank Merriwell's First Job is a dime novel written for young readers by Burt L. Standish, whose other works include “Frank Merriwell’s School Days,” “Frank Merriwell’s Chums,” “Frank Merriwell’s Foes,” “Frank Merriwell’s Trip West,” etc.Three times Frank walked up and down the room. He paused and looked around. It was a pleasant, well-furnis..
Buffalo Bill's Weird Warning
by Prentiss IngrahamBuffalo Bill's Weird Warning is a dime novel written by Prentiss Ingraham. Colonel Cody’s fame had reached the East long before, and a great many New Yorkers went out to see him and join in his buffalo hunts, including such men as August Belmont, James Gordon Bennett, Anson Stager, and J. G. Heckscher. In entertaining these visitors at Fort McPhers..
The Golden Harpoon
by Roger StarbuckOn the morning of the 25th day of April, 18—, the whale-ship Montpelier, of New London, anchored in one of the many bays that open along the coast of Kamschatka, where it is washed by the waters of the Sea of Ochotsk.As soon as every thing was made snug allow and aloft, the skipper rubbed his hands with complacency, and a satisfied expression was s..
Lightning Jo
by J. F. C. AdamsCovered with dust, and reeking with sweat, with bloody nostril and dilated eye, the black mustang thundered up to the gate of the fort, staggered as if drunken, and then with a wheezing moan, shivered from nose to hoof, and with an awful cry, like that of a dying person, his flanks heaved and he dropped dead to the ground, his lithe, sinewy rider l..
Dead Shot - A Romance of the Yellowstone
by Albert W. AikenIt was at the close of a bright May afternoon; the last rays of the sinking sun shone down gayly upon the broad prairie, through which, like a great yellow serpent, rolled the turbid waters of the Yellowstone river—a river that took its rise at the base of the Rocky Mountains and then flowed eastward, until it poured its current into the great Miss..
The Island Trapper
by T. C. HarbaughThe occupant of the blanketed saddle was a medium-sized man, about forty years of age. His hair, and he had an ocean of it, was an iron-gray, and shone like silver. The face was smooth, somewhat cadaverous, but healthy; and the brownish eyes, nestling between long, dark lashes, were indicative alike of gentleness and determination. He wore the ofte..