Peleg Smith : a tale of wild and humorous adventure in the tropics / by Boynton H. Belknap, M.D.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ellis, Edward Sylvester, 1840-1916, author.

Series:

Frank Starr's American novels ; no. 3.

Women's Studies Archive: Voice and Vision.

Frank Starr's American novels ; no. 3

Women's Studies Archive: Voice and Vision

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Travelers--Fiction.

Travelers.

Women--South America--Fiction.

Women.

Kidnapping--Fiction.

Kidnapping.

Orinoco River (Venezuela and Colombia)--Fiction.

Orinoco River (Venezuela and Colombia).

South America--Fiction.

South America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (100 pages) : illustrations.

Other Title:

Peleg Smith

Place of Publication:

Frank Starr & Co.

Notes:

Cover title: Peleg Smith; or, Adventures in the tropics.

Boynton H. Belknap is a pseudonym for Edward S. Ellis.

A reissue of the sheets of the 1869 edition.

Reprinted under titles "Peleg Smith; or, Adventures in the tropics" in Beadle's pocket novels, no. 216 (1882) and "Yankee Josh, the rover; or, Two adventurers in the tropics" in Beadle's boy's library, octavo ed., no. 217 (1888) and Beadle's pocket library, no. 492 (1893) (Johannsen, v. 1, p.181, no. 216; v. 1, p. 336, no. 217; v. 1, p. 357, no. 492).

The river rifles; or, The fate of the flatboat, advertised on p. [2] of wrapper as no. 34 of Frank Starr's American novels, was published Mar. 1, 1870 (Johannsen, v. 1, p. 157, no. 34).

Cover imprint varies: New-York: Frank Starr & Co., publishers, 41 Platt Street. Am. News Co., 119 & 121 Nassau St., N.Y.

Series statement from wrapper.

Publisher's advertisements, p. [2-4] of wrapper.

Reproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society.

OCLC:

1162201956