Beadle's Boy's Library of Sport, Story and Adventure

Beadle’s Boy’s Library of Sport, Story and Adventure was published in New York by M. J. Ivers & Company from 1881 to 1884. For 5 cents per issue readers would be entertained by stories of outdoor adventure; crime, detectives and outlaws; sporting, and fantasy. This popular dime novel, written primarily for boys, featured authors Edward Willett, Henry J. Thomas, and W. J. Hamilton. Many issues included elaborate black and white wood cut illustrations. It is estimated that there are no more than one or two complete sets of the publication in existence.

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Kit Carson, king of guides, or, Mountain paths and prairie trails

Albert W. Aiken
Brimstone Bill's booty, or, Mariposa Marsh at Dead Man's Gulch

Joseph E. Badger Jr.
The prairie ranch, or, The young cattle herders

Joseph E. Badger
The ticket-of-leave's trick, or, Spring Steel, king of the bush

Joseph E. Badger Jr.
Dandy Bill's doom, or, Deerhunter, the boy scout of the great North Woods

Oll Coomes
Paul de Lacy, the French beast charmer; or, New York boys in the jungles

W. J. Hamilton
Giant Pete and his pards, or, Trapper Tom, the wood imp

T. C. Harbaugh
Night-hawk George, and his daring deeds and adventures in the wilds of the South and West

Prentiss Ingraham

This novel uses outdated terminology to refer to indigenous peoples.
Old Grizzly in the Rockies, or, Bruin Adams, the boy ranger

Prentiss Ingraham
Wild Bill, the pistol prince

Prentiss Ingraham
Yellow Hair, the boy chief of the Pawnees : the adventurous career of Eddie Burgess of Nebraska

Prentiss Ingraham

This novel uses outdated terminology to refer to indigenous peoples.
Roving Ben : a story of a young American who wanted to see the world

John J. Marshall
Roving Joe, the history of a "border boy" : brief scenes from the life of Joseph E. Badger, Jr.

A. H. Post

This novel uses outdated terminology to refer to indigenous peoples.
Wide-Awake Ned, or, The boy wizard

Barry Ringgold

This novel uses outdated terminology to refer to indigenous peoples.
Lillie, the reckless rider, or, The wild hunter's secret

H. B. Stoddard
Deadwood Dick as a boy, or, Why Wild Ned Harris, the New England farm-lad, became the western prince of the road

Edward L. Wheeler
The dashing dragoon, or, The story of Gen. Geo. A. Custer from West Point to the Big Horn.

Frederick Whittaker

This novel uses outdated terminology to refer to indigenous peoples.
Wide-awake George, the boy pioneer, or, Life in a log cabin : incidents and adventures in the backwoods

Edward Willett
Double Curve Dan, the pitcher detective, or, Against heavy odds

George C. Jenks

Beadle's Boy's Library of Sport, Story and Adventure

Kit Carson, king of guides, or, Mountain paths and prairie trails

Brimstone Bill's booty, or, Mariposa Marsh at Dead Man's Gulch

The prairie ranch, or, The young cattle herders

The ticket-of-leave's trick, or, Spring Steel, king of the bush

Dandy Bill's doom, or, Deerhunter, the boy scout of the great North Woods

Paul de Lacy, the French beast charmer; or, New York boys in the jungles

Giant Pete and his pards, or, Trapper Tom, the wood imp

Night-hawk George, and his daring deeds and adventures in the wilds of the South and West

Old Grizzly in the Rockies, or, Bruin Adams, the boy ranger

Wild Bill, the pistol prince

Yellow Hair, the boy chief of the Pawnees : the adventurous career of Eddie Burgess of Nebraska

Roving Ben : a story of a young American who wanted to see the world

Roving Joe, the history of a "border boy" : brief scenes from the life of Joseph E. Badger, Jr.

Wide-Awake Ned, or, The boy wizard

Lillie, the reckless rider, or, The wild hunter's secret

Deadwood Dick as a boy, or, Why Wild Ned Harris, the New England farm-lad, became the western prince of the road

The dashing dragoon, or, The story of Gen. Geo. A. Custer from West Point to the Big Horn.

Wide-awake George, the boy pioneer, or, Life in a log cabin : incidents and adventures in the backwoods

Double Curve Dan, the pitcher detective, or, Against heavy odds

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