Abstract
SUMMARY Irwin P. Beadle issued the first dime novel, Malaeska, the Indian Wife of the White Hunter, by Ann Stephens, in 1860. Although the last original dime novel was published in 1915, reprints appeared until 1933, but long since the radio and motion pictures had replaced dime novels in the popular imagination. This paper will give a concise history of American dime novels, describe their various formats, and review their contents.
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