The Edward T. LeBlanc Memorial Dime Novel Bibliography

Item - Val, the Ventriloquist; or, The Boy Who Saved the Town

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

Combined Summary

Online Full Text: Digital Library @ Villanova University (Happy Days edition)
Digital Library @ Villanova University (Happy Days edition)
Internet Archive (Pluck and Luck edition)
Northern Illinois University (Happy Days edition)
Northern Illinois University (Happy Days edition)
Series: Happy Days v. 13 no. 336 — chapters I-IX, pages 2-5
Happy Days v. 13 no. 337 — chapters X-XV, pages 8 and 13-15
Happy Days v. 13 no. 338 — chapters XVI-XXI, pages 12-14
Happy Days v. 14 no. 339 — chapters XXII-XXIV (conclusion), pages 6-7
Pluck and Luck — no. 822
Authors: Bertrew, Berton (pseudonym used by Doughty, Francis Worcester, -1917) (Pluck and Luck edition)
Montague, James D. (pseudonym used by Doughty, Francis Worcester, -1917) (Happy Days edition)
Dates: March 23, 1901 (Happy Days edition)
March 30, 1901 (Happy Days edition)
April 6, 1901 (Happy Days edition)
April 13, 1901 (Happy Days edition)
March 4, 1914 (Pluck and Luck edition)
First Sentence: The night that Daley & Good's great vaudeville show opened at the opera house in Burling, Ill., was certainly not a pleasant one, for it rained "great guns," and the rain froze as it fell. (Happy Days edition)
Last Sentence: The Legislature of Illinois was well rid of them, and most of the members thought so, but Dr. Ducher and the Hon. Frank kept their secret, and it was never known that the downfall of these men was due to Val, the Ventriuloquist. (Happy Days edition)

Known Editions

Happy Days edition (chapters I-IX, pages 2-5 in Happy Days, v. XIII, no. 336, March 23, 1901)
Happy Days edition (chapters X-XV, pages 8 and 13-15 in Happy Days, v. XIII, no. 337, March 30, 1901)
Happy Days edition (chapters XVI-XXI, pages 12-14 in Happy Days, v. XIII, no. 338, April 6, 1901)
Happy Days edition (chapters XXII-XXIV (conclusion), pages 6-7 in Happy Days, v. XIV, no. 339, April 13, 1901)
Pluck and Luck edition

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