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The Dime Novel Companion A Source Book
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J. Randolph Cox
ISBN: 0-313-25674-8
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-25674-5
376 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 5/30/2000
List Price: $119.95 (UK Sterling Price: £82.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: This encyclopedic guide to the American dime novel contains over 1,200 entries on serial publications, major writers and editors, publishers, and major characters, fiction genres, themes, and locales. An introduction provides a brief history of the dime novel. A discussion of dime novel scholarship includes a selected directory of libraries and museums with significant collections of dime novels. An appendix contains a publishing chronology of the more than 300 serial publications, and a selected bibliography suggests further reading.

This comprehensive reference will appeal to popular culture scholars and to dime novel collectors. As an important research tool, entries are cross-referenced throughout. An index is included.
Table of Contents:
  • How to Use This Book
    Dime Novel Days: An Introduction and History
    The Dime Novel Companion
    A Publishing Chronology
    A Selected Bibliography
    Index
About the Author: J. RANDOLPH COX is reference and government documents librarian and professor emeritus at St. Olaf College. He also is the current editor of Dime Novel Round-Up.
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