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The frontier angel : a romance of Kentucky rangers' life / by Edward S. Ellis ...
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ellis, Edward Sylvester, 1840-1916, author.
- Container of (work): Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia), 1810-1886, Malaeska, the Indian wife of the White hunter., author.
- Series:
- Beadle's American library ; no. 3.
- Beadle's American library ; no. 3
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kentucky--Fiction.
- Kentucky.
- Frontier and pioneer life--Kentucky--Fiction.
- Frontier and pioneer life.
- Indians of North America--Fiction.
- Indians of North America.
- Shawnee Indians--Fiction.
- Shawnee Indians.
- Scouts (Reconnaissance)--West (U.S.)--Fiction.
- Scouts (Reconnaissance).
- Wyandot Indians--Fiction.
- Wyandot Indians.
- Flatboats--Fiction.
- Flatboats.
- Abduction--Fiction.
- Abduction.
- Indian captivities--Fiction.
- Indian captivities.
- West United States.
- Genre:
- Dime novels.
- Fiction.
- Western fiction.
- Penn Provenance:
- Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy)
- Stephens, J. F. (James Frederick), 1853-1927 (autograph) (stamp) (Schimmel Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 128 pages : 1 illustration ; 16 cm
- Contained In:
- The brides of the Bahamas, or, The ocean spectres. 31198074602793
- Place of Publication:
- London : Beadle and Company, 44 Paternoster Row ; New York : Beadle and Company, 141 William Street, [1861]
- Notes:
- "May 1, 1861."--Johannsen.
- Illustration signed: N. Orr Co.
- Includes a chapter from: Malaeska, the Indian wife of the White hunter / [by Mrs. Ann S. Stephens]. Beadle's American library ; no. 4.
- Local Notes:
- Schimmel Collection copy bound with: Hazelton, Harry. The brides of the Bahamas, or, The ocean spectres. Glasgow : Cameron and Ferguson, 88 West Nile Street, [not before 1865].
- Schimmel Collection copy: frontispiece illustration partially hand-colored by a reader in green.
- Schimmel Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2016 by Caroline F. Schimmel.
- Schimmel Collection copy has manuscript ownership inscription ("Seth Johns or the captives of the frontier 123[?] pages Complete price sixpence Master John is the oner of this book becose he bod it is onw slfe so no mor from your frand Miss so so") of an unidentified former owner on verso of frontispiece illustration.
- Schimmel Collection copy has autographs ("J.F. Stephens", "Jas. Frederick Stephens" and "JF Stephens") of James Frederick Stephens (1853-1927) on verso of frontispiece illustration; pencil sketch of a man's bust in profile signed "JFS" above and below on verso of frontispiece illustration; stamp ("J F Stephens") on title leaf and page [5].
- Cited in:
- Johannsen, A. House of Beadle and Adams and its dime and nickel novels, I, no. 3 (page 116)
- Contains:
- Container of: Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia), 1810-1886, Malaeska, the Indian wife of the White hunter., author.
- OCLC:
- 1050163026
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