Title | Fred Fearnot and "Pittsburg Pete"; or, Lively Times in the Oil Country |
Year of Publication | 1907 |
Publication Type | Novel |
Number of Pages or Episodes | 32 p. |
Language | English |
Authors | Standish, Hal |
Publisher | Work and Win (Frank Tousey) |
City | New York |
Keywords | farms; ministers; oil industry; Pennsylvania oil rush; physicians; Protestants; railroad industry; Scottish Americans |
Abstract | Fred Fearnot and “Pittsburg Pete” encounter trouble during the Western Pennsylvania Oil Rush. |
Notes | Hal Standish is the pseudonym of H. [Harvey] K. [King] Shackleford (1841-1906). As H.K. Shackleford passed away in 1906, this title was likely written by another author under the Hal Standish pen name. |
Author Biography | Harvey King Shackleford (1841-1906), born in Georgia, wrote more than 300 dime novels in the "Fred Fearnot" series, which continued after his death by authors who used his pen name. |
Time | 1860s-70s |