A small contribution:
"Deadwood Dick on Deck; or, Calamity Jane, The Heroine of
Whoop-Up," by Edward L. Wheeler, was rereleased a few decades
back, in a package with "Seth Jones; or, The Captives of the
Frontier" (by Edward S. Ellis)--Philip Durham edited the
book. I believe this particular DD novel dates to the 1880s
(I could tell you exactly, but mine is packed away), and the
Seth Jones to 1861. Deadwood Dick was a black gunslinger, but
of course you knew that? There's also a Dover Books
single-volume edition
(1974) of 8 different nineteenth-century dime novels, one of
which features our lovable chum. If you go to abebooks.com
& do a keyword search for deadwood dick, a number of
books will come up, including some of the original c19
titles. As far as I know, "Edward L. Wheeler" was no
pseudonym, but I could easily be wrong. Halloway House, by
the way, that great 1960s "sleaze" publisher, did a bunch of
DD books in the 1960s, but I don't know if they were new ones
hired out, or old ones reprinted. If they WERE farmed
out--imagine Robert Beck (Iceberg Slim) writing a DD
book!
Best, Rob
--- "E.Borgers" <
webeurop@yahoo.fr> wrote:
> I'm interested to know some basics about
the
> DEADWOOD DICK series, like:
>
> -author?- was it a multi-pen work?
> -period of publication (I guess it started not
very
> long after the 1870s)?
> -approx. how long was it published (seems to
have
> been very popular at
> the time)
> -central character: was he a historical figure,
or
> based on one, or just
> a fictional one?
>
> >From what you know of the TV serial, could
this
> dime novels series
> have had some influence on the scripts of
"Deadwood"
> the TV series ?
> (not sure this last question makes
sense).
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