TY - SER
AU - Larry E. Sullivan
AU - Lydia Cushman Schurman
CY - New York, NY
LA - English
N1 - <p>Includes essays on how libraries have dealt with popular literature. Contents: A brief history of dime novels: formats and contents, 1860-1933 / Edward T. LeBlanc Librarian in disguise: V. Valta Parma and the development of popular culture collections at the Library of Congress / Clark Evans They came from the newsstand: pulp magazines and vintage paperbacks in the popular culture library / Alison M. Scott Keeping abreast of series fiction publishing: a challenge for children's literature bibliographers / Karen Nelson Hoyle The Library of Congress argues against cheap novels getting low postal rates / Lydia Cushman Schurman Authors who wrote dime novels and series books, 1890-1914 / John T. Dizer Unearthing the historical reader, or, reading girls' reading / Nancy Tillman Romalov The Anglo-American pulp wars: Edwin Brett vs. Frank Leslie / E.M. Sanchez-Saavedra Paperback detective: the evolution of the Nick Carter series from dime novel to paperback, 1886-1990 / J. Randolph Cox The possibilities of flight: the golden age of American aviation series books, 1927-1932 / David K. Vaughan World War II combat in American juvenile and paperback series books / M. Paul Holsinger Parallel pugilists: John L., Jr., and Gentleman Jack stories in the New York Five Cent Library / Deidre A. Johnson Capitalism, counterfeiting, and literary representation: the case of Lizzie Borden / Kathlen Chamberlain The discovery of Louisa May Alcott's pseudonym / Leona Rostenberg Dime novels by "The children's friend" / Madeleine B. Stern Advocating war preparedness: H. Irving Hancock's Conquest of the United States series / Elizabeth S. Frank "The bride of the tomb" or, the story paper debut of Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller / Angela J. Farkas From immorality to immortality: character transplant from Victorian romances to the Oz series / H. Alan Pickrell Romancing the reader: from Laura Jean Libbey to Harlequin Romances and beyond / Jean Carwile Masteller</p>
PB - Haworth Press
PP - New York, NY
PY - 1996
SN - 9780789000163
EP - 306 pp.
TI - Pioneers, Passionate Ladies, and Private Eyes: Dime Novels, Series Books, and Paperbacks
ER -