The Edward T. LeBlanc Memorial Dime Novel Bibliography

Item - Talking Tom; or, The Luck of a Poor 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)
(Pluck and Luck edition, second appearance - source: Digital Library @ Villanova University)

Combined Summary

Online Full Text: Bowling Green State University (Pluck and Luck edition, first appearance)
Digital Library @ Villanova University (Happy Days edition)
Digital Library @ Villanova University (Pluck and Luck edition, second appearance)
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Series: Happy Days v. 8 no. 200 — chapters IX-XII, pages 14-15
Happy Days v. 8 no. 201 — chapters XIII-XV, pages 14-15
Happy Days v. 8 no. 202 — chapters XVI-XVIII, pages 6-7
Happy Days v. 8 no. 203 — chapters XIX-XXI, pages 12-13
Happy Days v. 8 no. 204 — chapters XXII-XXIV (conclusion), pages 7 and 10-11
Pluck and Luck — no. 599
Pluck and Luck no. 1400 — chapters I-XX; conclusion, pages 1-21
Authors: Austin, Howard (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: August 13, 1898 (Happy Days edition)
August 20, 1898 (Happy Days edition)
August 27, 1898 (Happy Days edition)
September 3, 1898 (Happy Days edition)
September 10, 1898 (Happy Days edition)
November 24, 1909 (Pluck and Luck edition, first appearance)
April 1, 1925 (Pluck and Luck edition, second appearance)
Last Sentence: All the world-we mean the commerical world-knows that it made millions for Terry, Bunce & Crockett, but until we gave it to the world in this story few were aware of the wonderful luck which came to that poor Missouri boy who has figured in our tale as Talking Tom. (Happy Days edition)

Known Editions

Happy Days edition (chapters IX-XII, pages 14-15 in Happy Days, v. VIII, no. 200, August 13, 1898)
Happy Days edition (chapters XIII-XV, pages 14-15 in Happy Days, v. VIII, no. 201, August 20, 1898)
Happy Days edition (chapters XVI-XVIII, pages 6-7 in Happy Days, v. VIII, no. 202, August 27, 1898)
Happy Days edition (chapters XIX-XXI, pages 12-13 in Happy Days, v. VIII, no. 203, September 3, 1898)
Happy Days edition (chapters XXII-XXIV (conclusion), pages 7 and 10-11 in Happy Days, v. VIII, no. 204, September 10, 1898)
Pluck and Luck edition, first appearance
Pluck and Luck edition, second appearance (chapters I-XX; conclusion, pages 1-21 in Pluck and luck no. 1400)

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