The Edward T. LeBlanc Memorial Dime Novel Bibliography

Item - The Robbers' Retreat

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(Liberty Boys of '76 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)
Digital Library @ Villanova University (Liberty Boys of '76 edition) (Note: missing two pages of advertisements at end; original rear cover has been replaced with a front cover from Wild West Weekly no. 484.)
Google Books (Happy Days edition)
Series: Happy Days v. 43 no. 1103 — page 7
Liberty Boys of '76 no. 433 — pages 28-29
Alternate Title: The Robbers' Defeat
Author: Appleton, Horace (Liberty Boys of '76 edition)
Dates: April 26, 1909 (Liberty Boys of '76 edition)
December 4, 1915 (Happy Days edition)
First Sentence: "But how are you to get so much money, Charley? (Liberty Boys of '76 edition)
Last Sentence: They were sentenced for a long term, and one day, just a fortnight from the time of their arrest, they were conveyed to their gloomy prison; and when next the sun shed gleams of golden light over the earth, and the air resounded with the songs of birds and the hum of busy life, hope was shut out from the hearts of the men who had not heeded the teachings of the mothers who had loved them with deathless devotion, and who little thought when they caressed the baby faces, that, in time to come, they would look forth from prison bars, with the felon's brand forever stamped upon them. (Liberty Boys of '76 edition)

Known Editions

Liberty Boys of '76 edition (pages 28-29 in Liberty Boys of '76, no. 433)
Happy Days edition (page 7 in Happy Days, v. XLIII, no. 1103, December 4, 1915)

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