The Edward T. LeBlanc Memorial Dime Novel Bibliography

Item - The Boss of the Messenger Boys; or, Born to Good Luck

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(Happy Days edition - source: NIU Libraries)
(Happy Days edition - source: NIU Libraries)
(Happy Days edition - source: NIU Libraries)
(Happy Days edition - source: NIU Libraries)
(Happy Days edition - source: NIU Libraries)
(Happy Days edition - source: NIU Libraries)
(Happy Days edition - source: NIU Libraries)
(Happy Days edition - source: NIU Libraries)

Combined Summary

Online Full Text: Bowling Green State University (Pluck and Luck edition, first appearance)
Northern Illinois University (Happy Days edition)
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Series: Happy Days v. 4 no. 85 — chapters I-III, pages 2-3
Happy Days v. 4 no. 86 — chapters IV-VI, pages 8 and 11-12
Happy Days v. 4 no. 87 — chapters VII-IX, pages 5-6
Happy Days v. 4 no. 88 — chapters X-XII, pages 5-6
Happy Days v. 4 no. 89 — chapters XIII-XV, pages 5-6
Happy Days v. 4 no. 90 — chapters XVI-XVIII, pages 14-15
Happy Days v. 4 no. 91 — chapters XIX-XXI, pages 5-6
Happy Days v. 4 no. 92 — chapters XXII-XXIV (conclusion), pages 6-7
Pluck and Luck — no. 462
Pluck and Luck — no. 1263
Authors: Emmet, R. T. (pseudonym used by Doughty, Francis Worcester, -1917) (Happy Days edition)
Montgomery, Richard R. (pseudonym used by Doughty, Francis Worcester, -1917) (Pluck and Luck edition, first appearance; Pluck and Luck edition, second appearance)
Dates: May 30, 1896 (Happy Days edition)
June 6, 1896 (Happy Days edition)
June 13, 1896 (Happy Days edition)
June 20, 1896 (Happy Days edition)
June 27, 1896 (Happy Days edition)
July 4, 1896 (Happy Days edition)
July 11, 1896 (Happy Days edition)
July 18, 1896 (Happy Days edition)
April 10, 1907 (Pluck and Luck edition, first appearance)
August 16, 1922 (Pluck and Luck edition, second appearance)
First Sentence: "Do it now, tirty-two! Here comes de old man! Now's yer time!" (Happy Days edition)
Last Sentence: If the employees of the Wall street office of the District Telegraph Company have forgotten their old companion-and we must all be forgotten with the changes time brings-"99" is not likely to ever forget his faithful chum, The Boss of the Messenger Boys. (Happy Days edition)

Known Editions

Happy Days edition (chapters I-III, pages 2-3 in Happy Days, v. IV, no. 85, May 30, 1896)
Happy Days edition (chapters IV-VI, pages 8 and 11-12 in Happy Days, v. IV, no. 86, June 6, 1896)
Happy Days edition (chapters VII-IX, pages 5-6 in Happy Days, v. IV, no. 87, June 13, 1896)
Happy Days edition (chapters X-XII, pages 5-6 in Happy Days, v. IV, no. 88, June 20, 1896)
Happy Days edition (chapters XIII-XV, pages 5-6 in Happy Days, v. IV, no. 89, June 27, 1896)
Happy Days edition (chapters XVI-XVIII, pages 14-15 in Happy Days, v. IV, no. 90, July 4, 1896)
Happy Days edition (chapters XIX-XXI, pages 5-6 in Happy Days, v. IV, no. 91, July 11, 1896)
Happy Days edition (chapters XXII-XXIV (conclusion), pages 6-7 in Happy Days, v. IV, no. 92, July 18, 1896)
Pluck and Luck edition, first appearance
Pluck and Luck edition, second appearance

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