The Edward T. LeBlanc Memorial Dime Novel Bibliography

Item - Nobody's Son; or, The Strange Fortunes of a Smart Boy

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(Happy Days edition - source: Digital Library @ Villanova University)
(Happy Days edition - source: Digital Library @ Villanova University)
(Happy Days edition - source: Digital Library @ Villanova University)
(Happy Days edition - source: Digital Library @ Villanova University)
(Happy Days edition - source: Digital Library @ Villanova University)
(Happy Days edition - source: Digital Library @ Villanova University)
(Happy Days edition - source: Digital Library @ Villanova University)
(Happy Days edition - source: Digital Library @ Villanova University)

Combined Summary

Online Full Text: Bowling Green State University (Pluck and Luck edition, second appearance)
Digital Library @ Villanova University (Happy Days edition)
Internet Archive (Pluck and Luck edition, first appearance)
University of South Florida (Pluck and Luck edition, second appearance)
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Series: Happy Days v. 9 no. 212 — chapters I-III, pages 8 and 11-13
Happy Days v. 9 no. 213 — chapters IV-VI, pages 13-15
Happy Days v. 9 no. 214 — chapters VII-IX, pages 13-14
Happy Days v. 9 no. 215 — chapters X-XII, pages 4-5
Happy Days v. 9 no. 216 — chapters XIII-XV, pages 4-5
Happy Days v. 9 no. 217 — chapters XVI-XVIII, pages 7 and 10-11
Happy Days v. 9 no. 218 — chapters XIX-XXI, pages 4-5
Happy Days v. 9 no. 219 — chapters XXII-XXIV (conclusion), pages 5-6
Pluck and Luck — no. 716
Pluck and Luck — no. 1501
Authors: Bertrew, Berton (pseudonym used by Doughty, Francis Worcester, -1917) (Pluck and Luck edition, first appearance; Pluck and Luck edition, second appearance)
Emmet, R. T. (pseudonym used by Doughty, Francis Worcester, -1917) (Happy Days edition)
Dates: November 5, 1898 (Happy Days edition)
November 12, 1898 (Happy Days edition)
November 19, 1898 (Happy Days edition)
November 26, 1898 (Happy Days edition)
December 3, 1898 (Happy Days edition)
December 10, 1898 (Happy Days edition)
December 17, 1898 (Happy Days edition)
December 24, 1898 (Happy Days edition)
February 21, 1912 (Pluck and Luck edition, first appearance)
March 9, 1927 (Pluck and Luck edition, second appearance)
First Sentence: Everybody likes a smart boy if he is not too smart, so smart that is as to put himself in everybody's way and tread on everybody's toes, so to speak; even the gruffest old graybeard will show a certain deference to a smart boy. (Happy Days edition)
Last Sentence: Billy is now a broker, a member of the Stock Exchange, and in a fair way to become as rich as his old time friend, Nobody's Son. (Happy Days edition)

Known Editions

Happy Days edition (chapters I-III, pages 8 and 11-13 in Happy Days, v. IX, no. 212, November 5, 1898)
Happy Days edition (chapters IV-VI, pages 13-15 in Happy Days, v. IX, no. 213, November 12, 1898)
Happy Days edition (chapters VII-IX, pages 13-14 in Happy Days, v. IX, no. 214, November 19, 1898)
Happy Days edition (chapters X-XII, pages 4-5 in Happy Days, v. IX, no. 215, November 26, 1898)
Happy Days edition (chapters XIII-XV, pages 4-5 in Happy Days, v. IX, no. 216, December 3, 1898)
Happy Days edition (chapters XVI-XVIII, pages 7 and 10-11 in Happy Days, v. IX, no. 217, December 10, 1898)
Happy Days edition (chapters XIX-XXI, pages 4-5 in Happy Days, v. IX, no. 218, December 17, 1898)
Happy Days edition (chapters XXII-XXIV (conclusion), pages 5-6 in Happy Days, v. IX, no. 219, December 24, 1898)
Pluck and Luck edition, first appearance
Pluck and Luck edition, second appearance

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