The Edward T. LeBlanc Memorial Dime Novel Bibliography

Item - An Unwilling Hero

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(Good News edition - source: NIU Libraries)
(Good News edition - source: Digital Library @ Villanova University)
(New Tip Top Weekly edition - source: NIU Libraries)

Combined Summary

Online Full Text: Bowling Green State University (New York Weekly edition)
Digital Library @ Villanova University (Good News edition)
Northern Illinois University (Good News edition)
Northern Illinois University (New Tip Top Weekly edition)
Series: Good News v. 5 no. 118 — pages 1882-1883
New Tip Top Weekly no. 61
New York Weekly v. 32 no. 3 — page 8
Subject / Tag: Sketch
Author: Willett, Edward, 1830-1889
Dates: December 4, 1876 (New York Weekly edition)
August 6, 1892 (Good News edition)
September 27, 1913 (New Tip Top Weekly edition)
First Sentence: It is well known that a number of the guerillas at the West acquired such a liking for their wild and lawless life, and such a distaste for a quiet and peaceful existence, that they were unable or unwilling, at the close of the war, to settle down to honest labor or business, but persisted in continuing openly and without excuse, deeds of robbery and violence, similar to those which they had previously committed under the gauzy pretext of carrying on war. (New York Weekly edition)
It is well known that a number of the guerrillas at the West acquired such a liking for their wild and lawless life, and such a distaste for a quite and peaceful existence, that they were unable of unwilling, at the close of the war, to settle down to honest labor or business, but persisted in continuing, openly and without excuse, deeds of robbery and violence, similar to those which they had previously committed under the gauzy pretext of carrying on war. (Good News edition)
Last Sentence: ...in the country. (Good News edition)

Known Editions

New York Weekly edition (page 8 in New York Weekly, v. XXXII, no. 3, December 4, 1876)
Good News edition (pages 1882-1883 in Good News, v. 5, no. 118, August 6, 1892)
New Tip Top Weekly edition (in New Tip Top Weekly, no. 61)

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