dime novel
The Birth of the Dime Novel

The Birth of the Dime Novel

The genre helped define the myth of the Old West. In 1860, the publishers Erastus and Irwin Beadle released a new series of cheap...

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The Dime Novelists

The Dime Novelists

Dime novelists fed the voracious public appetite for daring exploits and hero-making. Much of the violent image of the West was due to pulp westerns...

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