The Boy Guide by Col. Prentiss Ingraham
Price: $1.50
ePublished by
October 2019
Originally published 1908
Nickel weekly
Author: Colonel Prentiss Ingraham
ePublished by
October 2019
Originally published 1908
Nickel weekly
Author: Colonel Prentiss Ingraham
A novella-sized work of historical fiction originally published in the 1870s as a dime novel and then re-published in 1908 as a nickel weekly, The Boy Guide is number 5 of the beloved Beadle’s Frontier Series.
A sequel to number 2 of the series, The Young Mountaineer, this one informs the reader about what ultimately happened to Milo Clafton, the lasso-throwing “young mountaineer” himself, and his two friends, Jonathan Sutton and Slim Jim, who were separated from Milo at the end of the earlier story. The author manages to resolve the embarrassing conundrum in the middle of his plot caused by the Great Arizona Diamond Swindle of 1872... which, unfortunately, the author remained unaware was a swindle at the time he wrote the first book.
At more than 36,000 words, this work of fiction, besides being an interesting and fun read, gives the reader a taste of what the masses were reading in the late 19th and early 20th century time period.
A sequel to number 2 of the series, The Young Mountaineer, this one informs the reader about what ultimately happened to Milo Clafton, the lasso-throwing “young mountaineer” himself, and his two friends, Jonathan Sutton and Slim Jim, who were separated from Milo at the end of the earlier story. The author manages to resolve the embarrassing conundrum in the middle of his plot caused by the Great Arizona Diamond Swindle of 1872... which, unfortunately, the author remained unaware was a swindle at the time he wrote the first book.
At more than 36,000 words, this work of fiction, besides being an interesting and fun read, gives the reader a taste of what the masses were reading in the late 19th and early 20th century time period.