The Dime Novel in Children's Literature by Vicki Anderson

The Dime Novel in Children's Literature

Vicki Anderson

268 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction childrens classics history literary young adult
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With their rakish characters, sensationalist plots, improbable adventures and objectionable language (like swell and golly), dime novels in their heyday were widely considered a threat to the morals of impressionable youth. Roundly criticized by c...

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