The Privateer’s Cruise by Harry Cavendish
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ePublished by
March 2020
Originally published 1860
Dime novel, Age of Sail, Revolutionary War
Author: Harry Cavendish
ePublished by
March 2020
Originally published 1860
Dime novel, Age of Sail, Revolutionary War
Author: Harry Cavendish
The Privateer’s Cruise and the Bride of Pomfret Hall: A Sea Tale of ’76 is a story about a midshipman on a rebel man-of-war during the American War of Independence. This was No. 2 of “Beadle’s Dime Novels” which was one of the most popular dime novel series, reportedly selling hundreds of thousands of copies and responsible for coining the term “dime novel.” Literally “coining” the term... each issue of the series carried the imprint of a U. S. coin showing the words “ONE DIME” which a Supreme Court decision ultimately ruled could be the publisher’s exclusive and protected trademark. The series started June 9, 1860 and ended November 17, 1874.
Harry Cavendish, the listed author for this novel as well as its hero, was a pen name for Charles Jacobs Peterson, a well-known author and publisher who also wrote under the names Harry Danforth, J. Thornton Randolph, and Henry R. Shipley. This novel was collected together, modified slightly, and reprinted from something originally published as a serial in Graham’s Magazine beginning in January, 1842, under the title “Harry Cavendish.” So no great mystery about where he came up with this pen name.
Harry Cavendish, the listed author for this novel as well as its hero, was a pen name for Charles Jacobs Peterson, a well-known author and publisher who also wrote under the names Harry Danforth, J. Thornton Randolph, and Henry R. Shipley. This novel was collected together, modified slightly, and reprinted from something originally published as a serial in Graham’s Magazine beginning in January, 1842, under the title “Harry Cavendish.” So no great mystery about where he came up with this pen name.