The Edward T. LeBlanc Memorial Dime Novel Bibliography

Series Subjects/Tags - Young Men of America

Accidents

The Merry Ten; or, The Shadows of a Social Club. A Temperance Story
The Rival Schools; or, Fighting for the Championship

Adams, Grizzly, 1812-1860

Young Grizzly Adams, the Wild Beast Tamer: A Story of Circus Life

Adventure stories

Young Grizzly Adams, the Wild Beast Tamer: A Story of Circus Life

Africa

Fighting Jack; or, A Yankee Boy in Africa
Jack Winters in the Zulu War
Phil Faraday, the Young Explorer; or, Adventures in Savage Africa

Alaska

A Trip to Alaska

Alcohol

The Shattered Glass; or, A Country Boy in New York. A True Temperance Story

Alcoholics

The Merry Ten; or, The Shadows of a Social Club. A Temperance Story

Alcoholism

The Broken Bottle; or, A Jolly Good Fellow. A True Temperance Story

Alexander II, Emperor of Russia, 1818-1881

The Boy Messenger of Siberia; or, The Czar's Secret Dispatch Bearer. A Tale of Russia Under Alexander II

American Revolutionary War stories

Mad Anthony Wayne, the Hero of Stony Point. A Story of the American Revolution
Running Rob; or, Mad Anthony's Scout

Animal trainers

Young Grizzly Adams, the Wild Beast Tamer: A Story of Circus Life

Arctic

To the North Pole in a Balloon

Atlantic Ocean

Five Years in the Grassy Sea

Australia

The Search for the Golden Skull; or, A Boy's Adventures in Australia
Young Grizzly Adams, the Wild Beast Tamer: A Story of Circus Life

Bachelor parties

The Broken Bottle; or, A Jolly Good Fellow. A True Temperance Story

Ballooning

Adrift in a Balloon. A Romance of South America
The Lost Balloon; or, Missing for Twenty Years
To the North Pole in a Balloon

Battles

The Dark Sons of Ireland; or, Plotting Under the Shannon Water

Bildungsromans

The Broken Bottle; or, A Jolly Good Fellow. A True Temperance Story
The Shattered Glass; or, A Country Boy in New York. A True Temperance Story
The Young Diamond Hunters; or, Two Runaway Boys in Treasure Land. A Story of the South African Mines

Boats and boating

The Two Schools at Oakdale; or, The Rival Students of Corrina Lake

Book covers

An Old Book Cover; or, The Secret of Page 99. A Queer Story

Border

Kit Carson's Kit; or, The Young Army Scout
Mike Fink, the Western Boatman
The Unknown Renegade; or, The Three Great Scouts

Brazil

Eight Odd Birds of Brazil

Brigands and robbers

The Boy Courier of Siberia; or, The League of the Russian Prison Mines
Gold Gulch; or, Pandy Ellis' Last Trail

Brothers and sisters

Jack, the Juggler

Burglary

Jack, the Juggler

Carson, Kit

Kit Carson's Kit; or, The Young Army Scout

Castaways

Five Years in the Grassy Sea

Castles

The Dark Sons of Ireland; or, Plotting Under the Shannon Water

Circus

Dave Dash, the Pride of the Circus
Trapeze Tom, the Boy Acrobat; or, Daring Work in the Air
Young Grizzly Adams, the Wild Beast Tamer: A Story of Circus Life

Circus and carnival stories

Young Grizzly Adams, the Wild Beast Tamer: A Story of Circus Life

Circus performers

Young Grizzly Adams, the Wild Beast Tamer: A Story of Circus Life

Civil War stories

Jack Winters; or, Fighting for the Old Flag

Clubs

The Merry Ten; or, The Shadows of a Social Club. A Temperance Story

Coal miners

The Dark Sons of Ireland; or, Plotting Under the Shannon Water

Cobras

The Pearl Prince; or, The Shark Slayer's Secret

Coins

The Rarest Coins of the United States

Combat

Five Years in the Grassy Sea

Conduct of life

Five Years in the Grassy Sea
The Merry Ten; or, The Shadows of a Social Club. A Temperance Story
The Rival Schools; or, Fighting for the Championship
The Two Schools at Oakdale; or, The Rival Students of Corrina Lake
The Young Diamond Hunters; or, Two Runaway Boys in Treasure Land. A Story of the South African Mines

Connecticut

The Broken Bottle; or, A Jolly Good Fellow. A True Temperance Story

Conspiracies

Young Grizzly Adams, the Wild Beast Tamer: A Story of Circus Life

Cossacks

The Boy Courier of Siberia; or, The League of the Russian Prison Mines

Death

Jack, the Juggler

Despair

The Shattered Glass; or, A Country Boy in New York. A True Temperance Story

Detective

Dick Catch; or, The Thief-Taker's Crime

Detective and mystery stories

Ben Brevier; or, The Romance of a Young Printer
The Dark Sons of Ireland; or, Plotting Under the Shannon Water
Headless; or, The Man of Mystery
The Hunchback's Secret; or, A Terrible Mystery
Jack, the Juggler
Joe Wiley, the Young Temperance Lecturer
The Merry Ten; or, The Shadows of a Social Club. A Temperance Story
The Mystery of the Dead Sea
The Mystery of the Volcano. A True Story of Mexico
An Old Book Cover; or, The Secret of Page 99. A Queer Story

Diamond mines and mining

The Young Diamond Hunters; or, Two Runaway Boys in Treasure Land. A Story of the South African Mines

Diamonds

The Young Diamond Hunters; or, Two Runaway Boys in Treasure Land. A Story of the South African Mines

Didactic fiction

Joe Wiley, the Young Temperance Lecturer

Dueling

The Boy Courier of Siberia; or, The League of the Russian Prison Mines
The Pearl Prince; or, The Shark Slayer's Secret

Egypt

Jack Winters in the English Army. A Story of the War in Egypt

Enemies

Ben Brevier; or, The Romance of a Young Printer

Escapes

The Boy Messenger of Siberia; or, The Czar's Secret Dispatch Bearer. A Tale of Russia Under Alexander II
The Broken Bottle; or, A Jolly Good Fellow. A True Temperance Story
Gold Gulch; or, Pandy Ellis' Last Trail
Jack, the Juggler
The Rival Schools; or, Fighting for the Championship
Running Rob; or, Mad Anthony's Scout

Exiles

The Boy Messenger of Siberia; or, The Czar's Secret Dispatch Bearer. A Tale of Russia Under Alexander II

Extortion

The Broken Bottle; or, A Jolly Good Fellow. A True Temperance Story

Fathers and sons

The Broken Bottle; or, A Jolly Good Fellow. A True Temperance Story

Financial

The Dark Corners of New York; or, The Perils of a District Telegraph Messenger

Fink, Mike

Mike Fink, the Western Boatman

Fires

The Pearl Prince; or, The Shark Slayer's Secret
The Rival Schools; or, Fighting for the Championship

Flagellation

Running Rob; or, Mad Anthony's Scout

Gamblers

Joe Wiley, the Young Temperance Lecturer

Heroes

The Boy Messenger of Siberia; or, The Czar's Secret Dispatch Bearer. A Tale of Russia Under Alexander II

Historical fiction

The Boy Courier of Siberia; or, The League of the Russian Prison Mines
The Boy Messenger of Siberia; or, The Czar's Secret Dispatch Bearer. A Tale of Russia Under Alexander II
Running Rob; or, Mad Anthony's Scout

History

Running Rob; or, Mad Anthony's Scout

Humorous stories

Jack and Jim, or, Rackets and Scrapes at School
Muldoon's Trip Around the World. A Very, Very Funny Story

Hurricanes

Five Years in the Grassy Sea

Impostors and imposture

Joe Wiley, the Young Temperance Lecturer

India

Thado, the Thug; or, The Star on the Arm

Indians of North America

Running Rob; or, Mad Anthony's Scout

Interpersonal relations

The Merry Ten; or, The Shadows of a Social Club. A Temperance Story

Ireland

The Dark Sons of Ireland; or, Plotting Under the Shannon Water

Irish Americans

Muldoon's Trip Around the World. A Very, Very Funny Story

Jack Winters

Jack Winters in the English Army. A Story of the War in Egypt
Jack Winters in the Zulu War
Jack Winters; or, Fighting for the Old Flag

Jaguar

The Pearl Prince; or, The Shark Slayer's Secret

Jugglers

Jack, the Juggler

Kidnapping

The Child Stealer; or, The Vultures of a Great City

Lecturers

Joe Wiley, the Young Temperance Lecturer

Liberty

Ben Brevier; or, The Romance of a Young Printer
The Boy Courier of Siberia; or, The League of the Russian Prison Mines
Running Rob; or, Mad Anthony's Scout

Man-woman relationships

An Old Book Cover; or, The Secret of Page 99. A Queer Story

Men

Five Years in the Grassy Sea

Messenger Boy

The Dark Corners of New York; or, The Perils of a District Telegraph Messenger

Messengers

The Boy Courier of Siberia; or, The League of the Russian Prison Mines
The Boy Messenger of Siberia; or, The Czar's Secret Dispatch Bearer. A Tale of Russia Under Alexander II

Mexican War

Bravest of the Brave. A Story of the Mexican War

Mexico

The Hidden Avenger. A Story of Mexico
The Mystery of the Volcano. A True Story of Mexico

Mistaken identity

Gold Gulch; or, Pandy Ellis' Last Trail

Monuments

Colossal Monuments

Muldoon, Terence (Fictitious character)

Muldoon's Trip Around the World. A Very, Very Funny Story

Murder

Five Years in the Grassy Sea
Joe Wiley, the Young Temperance Lecturer
The Merry Ten; or, The Shadows of a Social Club. A Temperance Story
The Shattered Glass; or, A Country Boy in New York. A True Temperance Story
Whiskey Bill; or, The Road to Ruin. A Story of the Rum Fiend's Frightful Work

Mysticism

The Haunted Island; or, The Phantom of the Seas
The Haunted Lighthouse of Wreckers' Reef
Jack, the Juggler
The Tramp; or, The Mystery of the Old Haunted Mill
The Young Sinbad; or, Back from the Grave for Vengeance

Napoleon, I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821

Napoleon's Boy Guardsman; or, A Hero at Eighteen

New York (N.Y.)

The Dark Corners of New York; or, The Perils of a District Telegraph Messenger
The Fatal Glass; or, The Traps and Snares of New York
Jack, the Juggler
Joe Wiley, the Young Temperance Lecturer
The Merry Ten; or, The Shadows of a Social Club. A Temperance Story
An Old Book Cover; or, The Secret of Page 99. A Queer Story
The Shattered Glass; or, A Country Boy in New York. A True Temperance Story

Newspapers

Ben Brevier; or, The Romance of a Young Printer

Pandy Ellis

Gold Gulch; or, Pandy Ellis' Last Trail

Pearls

The Pearl Prince; or, The Shark Slayer's Secret

Pennsylvania

The Rival Schools; or, Fighting for the Championship

Philadelphia (Pa.)

The Smartest Boy in Philadelphia; or, Dick Rollins' Fight for a Living

Pirates

Santo, the Sea Wolf; or, The Secret of the Sea

Poem

A Base Tragedy
A Charmed Life
Don't
Early When the Leaves Begin to Fall
Emmet's Grave
Foolish Young Man
For the Best
Give the Boys a Choice
The Heart Shall Find Its Eden Yet
I Cannot Sing the Old Songs
I Wouldn't Wear a Jersey
An Invalid's Appetite
Literally True
Made-Up
Milly Martin
"No, Thank You, Tom"
An Omen
The Reason Why
The Small Boy in High Clover
Smiles of Gladness
Sometime You Will Miss Me
Take Back the Kiss
Those Pansy Eyes
Two Boys
A Very Moral Man
What Rosie Found Out
When de Trumpet in de Corn Field Blows
Will-O'-The-Wisp

Police

Jack, the Juggler
Joe Wiley, the Young Temperance Lecturer

Practical jokes

The Rival Schools; or, Fighting for the Championship

Printers

Ben Brevier; or, The Romance of a Young Printer

Printing

Ben Brevier; or, The Romance of a Young Printer

Promises

The Broken Bottle; or, A Jolly Good Fellow. A True Temperance Story

Putnam, Israel, 1718-1790

Old Putnam's Pet; or, The Young Patriot Spy

Railroad engineers

Brake and Throttle; or, A Boy Engineer's Luck

Railroad trains

Whiskey Bill; or, The Road to Ruin. A Story of the Rum Fiend's Frightful Work

Rescues

Gold Gulch; or, Pandy Ellis' Last Trail
An Old Book Cover; or, The Secret of Page 99. A Queer Story
The Shattered Glass; or, A Country Boy in New York. A True Temperance Story

Revenge

The Dark Sons of Ireland; or, Plotting Under the Shannon Water
Running Rob; or, Mad Anthony's Scout

Revolutionary War

Laughing Luke, the Yankee Spy of the Revolution
Mad Anthony Wayne, the Hero of Stony Point. A Story of the American Revolution
Old Putnam's Pet; or, The Young Patriot Spy
Peppery Sam, the Young Spy of the Revolution
Running Rob; or, Mad Anthony's Scout
The Scouts of the Santee; or, Redcoats and Whigs

Rowing

The Rival Schools; or, Fighting for the Championship

Runaways (Fictitious characters)

The Young Diamond Hunters; or, Two Runaway Boys in Treasure Land. A Story of the South African Mines

Russia

The Boy Courier of Siberia; or, The League of the Russian Prison Mines
The Boy Messenger of Siberia; or, The Czar's Secret Dispatch Bearer. A Tale of Russia Under Alexander II

School

The Rival Schools; or, Fighting for the Championship

School stories

The Rival Schools; or, Fighting for the Championship
The Two Schools at Oakdale; or, The Rival Students of Corrina Lake

Schoolboys

Jack and Jim, or, Rackets and Scrapes at School

Schools

The Rival Schools; or, Fighting for the Championship
The Two Schools at Oakdale; or, The Rival Students of Corrina Lake

Sea

Dick Gordon; or, The True Yankee Sailor Boy
Diver Bill; or, The Secret of the Wreck
The Haunted Island; or, The Phantom of the Seas
The Hidden Treasure; or, Among the Cannibals
King of the Sea; or, The Rovers of the Deep
Santo, the Sea Wolf; or, The Secret of the Sea
Saved at Six; or, The Wizard of the Waves

Sea monsters

Five Years in the Grassy Sea

Sea stories

Five Years in the Grassy Sea

Secret societies

The Dark Sons of Ireland; or, Plotting Under the Shannon Water

Shipwrecks

Five Years in the Grassy Sea

Sketch

After the Big Sea Bat
Blind Elfine's Silver Locket
Dick the Hostler; or, Defeating the Counterfeiters
A Foiled Scheme
Hiding a Fortune in Central Park
In the Sierra Madres
Just a Lively Boy
Life at Willet's Point
My Adventure in Mexico
Old Graham's Gold
Rounded Up by Coyotes
The Shrieking Specter; or, The Mystery of Chateau Gros-Gnome
Snatched from Death
A Spy's Close Call
A Successful Clerk
A Township's Hard Luck

Snow

The Boy Courier of Siberia; or, The League of the Russian Prison Mines

Song

Early When the Leaves Begin to Fall
Foolish Young Man
I Cannot Sing the Old Songs
Milly Martin
When de Trumpet in de Corn Field Blows
Will-O'-The-Wisp

South Africa

The Young Diamond Hunters; or, Two Runaway Boys in Treasure Land. A Story of the South African Mines

South America

Adrift in a Balloon. A Romance of South America

Sports rivalries

The Rival Schools; or, Fighting for the Championship
The Two Schools at Oakdale; or, The Rival Students of Corrina Lake

Sports stories

The Rival Schools; or, Fighting for the Championship
The Two Schools at Oakdale; or, The Rival Students of Corrina Lake

Spy stories

The Boy Messenger of Siberia; or, The Czar's Secret Dispatch Bearer. A Tale of Russia Under Alexander II

Stagecoaches

Gold Gulch; or, Pandy Ellis' Last Trail

Stony Point (N.Y.)

Mad Anthony Wayne, the Hero of Stony Point. A Story of the American Revolution

Suicide victims

The Merry Ten; or, The Shadows of a Social Club. A Temperance Story

Surface Vehicles

The Winged Witch. A Tale of Four Western Boys

Temperance

The Broken Bottle; or, A Jolly Good Fellow. A True Temperance Story
The Fatal Glass; or, The Traps and Snares of New York
Joe Wiley, the Young Temperance Lecturer
The Lively Eight Social Club; or, From Cider to Rum. A Story of the Great Evil
Merry Matt; or, The Will-o'-the-Wisp of Wine
The Merry Ten; or, The Shadows of a Social Club. A Temperance Story
The Shattered Glass; or, A Country Boy in New York. A True Temperance Story
Whiskey Bill; or, The Road to Ruin. A Story of the Rum Fiend's Frightful Work

Temperance stories

The Broken Bottle; or, A Jolly Good Fellow. A True Temperance Story
Joe Wiley, the Young Temperance Lecturer
The Shattered Glass; or, A Country Boy in New York. A True Temperance Story

Thieves

Jack, the Juggler

Tramps

The Tramp; or, The Mystery of the Old Haunted Mill

United States

Running Rob; or, Mad Anthony's Scout

Voyages and travels

Muldoon's Trip Around the World. A Very, Very Funny Story

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Running Rob; or, Mad Anthony's Scout

Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796

Mad Anthony Wayne, the Hero of Stony Point. A Story of the American Revolution
Running Rob; or, Mad Anthony's Scout

Western -- Mining/Mining Camp

Gold Gulch; or, Pandy Ellis' Last Trail

Western -- Plains/Prairie

The Winged Witch. A Tale of Four Western Boys

Western stories

Gold Gulch; or, Pandy Ellis' Last Trail
The Pearl Prince; or, The Shark Slayer's Secret
Whiskey Bill; or, The Road to Ruin. A Story of the Rum Fiend's Frightful Work

Wolves

The Boy Courier of Siberia; or, The League of the Russian Prison Mines

Wreckers (Plunderers of ships)

The Haunted Lighthouse of Wreckers' Reef

Yacht racing

The Two Schools at Oakdale; or, The Rival Students of Corrina Lake

Yankee

Dick Gordon; or, The True Yankee Sailor Boy
Fighting Jack; or, A Yankee Boy in Africa
Laughing Luke, the Yankee Spy of the Revolution

Young men

The Merry Ten; or, The Shadows of a Social Club. A Temperance Story
The Rival Schools; or, Fighting for the Championship
The Two Schools at Oakdale; or, The Rival Students of Corrina Lake
The Young Diamond Hunters; or, Two Runaway Boys in Treasure Land. A Story of the South African Mines

Zulu War

Jack Winters in the Zulu War