The Edward T. LeBlanc Memorial Dime Novel Bibliography

Item - Al, the Boy Acrobat; or, Flip-Flopping into Fame and Fortune

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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: Digital Library @ Villanova University (Happy Days edition)
University of South Florida (Pluck and Luck edition, second appearance)
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Series: Happy Days v. 12 no. 288 — chapters I-III, pages 2-3
Happy Days v. 12 no. 289 — chapters IV-VI, pages 8 and 11-12
Happy Days v. 12 no. 290 — chapters VII-IX, pages 4-5
Happy Days v. 12 no. 291 — chapters X-XII, pages 4-5
Happy Days v. 12 no. 292 — chapters XIII-XV, pages 4-5
Happy Days v. 12 no. 293 — chapters XVI-XVIII, pages 4-5
Happy Days v. 12 no. 294 — chapters XIX-XXI, pages 4-5
Happy Days v. 12 no. 295 — chapters XXII-XXIV (conclusion), pages 14-15
Pluck and Luck — no. 731
Pluck and Luck — no. 1516
Authors: Draper, Allyn (pseudonym used by multiple people) (Pluck and Luck edition, first appearance; Pluck and Luck edition, second appearance)
Emmet, R. T. (pseudonym used by multiple people) (Happy Days edition)
Dates: April 21, 1900 (Happy Days edition)
April 28, 1900 (Happy Days edition)
May 5, 1900 (Happy Days edition)
May 12, 1900 (Happy Days edition)
May 19, 1900 (Happy Days edition)
May 26, 1900 (Happy Days edition)
June 2, 1900 (Happy Days edition)
June 9, 1900 (Happy Days edition)
June 5, 1912 (Pluck and Luck edition, first appearance)
June 22, 1927 (Pluck and Luck edition, second appearance)
First Sentence: It was a beautiful day in the month of May. (Pluck and Luck edition, first appearance)
"Jest look at ther feller ridin' ther hosses, fellers!" (Happy Days edition)
Last Sentence: The youth had had his name on show-bills as "the boy acrobat" in a dozen different countries and half a dozen languages and had thus "flip-flopped into fame," and by leaving Wyburn with Rawson's Circus he had made the acquaintance of Sam Stokes and Marie and had learned who he was and had recovered his property-had "flip-flopped into fortune" as well-in fact, he had, as the sub-title of the story states, "Flip-flopped into Fame and Fortune." (Pluck and Luck edition, first appearance)
And thus we leave him. (Happy Days edition)

Known Editions

Happy Days edition (chapters I-III, pages 2-3 in Happy Days, v. XII, no. 288, April 21, 1900)
Happy Days edition (chapters IV-VI, pages 8 and 11-12 in Happy Days, v. XII, no. 289, April 28, 1900)
Happy Days edition (chapters VII-IX, pages 4-5 in Happy Days, v. XII, no. 290, May 5, 1900)
Happy Days edition (chapters X-XII, pages 4-5 in Happy Days, v. XII, no. 291, May 12, 1900)
Happy Days edition (chapters XIII-XV, pages 4-5 in Happy Days, v. XII, no. 292, May 19, 1900)
Happy Days edition (chapters XVI-XVIII, pages 4-5 in Happy Days, v. XII, no. 293, May 26, 1900)
Happy Days edition (chapters XIX-XXI, pages 4-5 in Happy Days, v. XII, no. 294, June 2, 1900)
Happy Days edition (chapters XXII-XXIV (conclusion), pages 14-15 in Happy Days, v. XII, no. 295, June 9, 1900)
Pluck and Luck edition, first appearance
Pluck and Luck edition, second appearance

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