Here's a site that looks at the history of dime novels,
etc..
--steve
Dime Novels and Penny Dreadfuls
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/dp/pennies/home.html
This extraordinary Website is devoted to the Dime Novel and
Story Paper Collection at Stanford University Library. The
site offers thousands of cataloged graphic images of
illustrated covers to issues of the dime novels and story
papers that were immensely popular in America from the
mid-nineteenth century to its close. The images may be
searched or browsed; search options include an exhaustive
listing of "salient features," including -- but not limited
to -- cover images relating to Napoleon Bonaparte (2),
African-Americans (107), Cowboys (118), and College Students
(8). Cultural studies scholars can make good use of these
search options in examining graphic representations of
gender, class, race, work, and manners of the time. The site
also includes nine complete texts and catalog information for
all of the issues imaged. Images may be viewed in thumbnail
or full screen versions. [DC]
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