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George C. Jenks
George Charles Jenks (13 April 1850 - 13 September 1929) was an English-born American dime novelist. Among others he wrote as part of the Nick Carter stable. He also wrote Diamond Dick stories as W. B. Lawson, and is credited as the creator of the character. Jenks was born in London and worked as an apprentice to a printer. He later emigrated to United States in 1872 and continued his trade, before becoming a reporter with the Pittsburgh Press in 1882. He began writing his first dime novels in 1886. He died aged 79 in 1929 after a brief illness, leaving a widow and two sons, Charles J. and Frank H. Jenks. In 1878 he was married to Sarah Jane Lambert, who died in 1895. His second wife was Elizabeth J. Aylward, to whom he was married in 1897. She died three months later August 11, in Clinton, N. J, and in 1899 he married Katherine Baird, who survived him. References External links * * 1850 births 1929 deaths Dime novelists British emigrants to the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argosy 191002
Argosy or The Argosy may refer to: Arts, entertainment and media * ''Argosy'' (magazine), an American pulp magazine 1882–1978 and revived 1990–1994, 2004–2006 * ''Argosy'' (UK magazine), three British magazines * Argosy spaceship in ''Escape Velocity'' (video game) * ''The Argosy'' (newspaper), newspaper published in British Guiana 1880-1907 *Argosy (band), a British band active in 1969 which consisted of Roger Hodgson and Elton John Businesses and organisations * Argosy Book Store, New York City, U.S. * Argosy Films, a 1940s Australian production company * Argosy Foundation, formerly the Abele Family Charitable Trust * Argosy Gaming Company, a former American casino operator **Argosy Empress Casino, a riverboat casino * Argosy Pictures, John Ford's film company * Argosy University, educational institutions in North America *Argosy Components Ltd, Broadcast equipment manufacturer and distributor in the UK Transportation * Armstrong Whitworth Argosy, a 1920/30s British bipl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dime Novel
The dime novel is a form of late 19th-century and early 20th-century U.S. popular fiction issued in series of inexpensive paperbound editions. The term ''dime novel'' has been used as a catchall term for several different but related forms, referring to story papers, five- and ten-cent weeklies, "thick book" reprints, and sometimes early pulp magazines.The English equivalents were generally called penny dreadfuls or shilling shockers. The German and French equivalents were called "Groschenromane" and "livraisons à dix centimes", respectively. American firms also issued foreign editions of many of their works, especially as series characters came into vogue. The term was used as a title as late as 1940, in the short-lived pulp magazine ''Western Dime Novels''. In the modern age, the term ''dime novel'' has been used to refer to quickly written, lurid potboilers, usually as a pejorative to describe a sensationalized but superficial literary work. History In 1860, the publish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Carter (literary Character)
Nick Carter is a fictional character who began as a dime novel private detective in 1886 and has appeared in a variety of formats over more than a century. The character was first conceived by Ormond G. Smith and created by John R. Coryell. Carter headlined his own magazine for years, and was then part of a long-running series of novels from 1964 to 1990. Films were created based on Carter in France, Czechoslovakia and Hollywood. Nick Carter has also appeared in many comic books and in radio programs. Literary history Nick Carter first appeared in the story paper ''New York Weekly'' (Vol. 41 No. 46, September 18, 1886) in a 13-week serial, "The Old Detective's Pupil; or, The Mysterious Crime of Madison Square"; the character was conceived by Ormond G. Smith, the son of one of the founders of Street & Smith, and realized by John R. Coryell. Coryell retired from writing Nick Carter novels and the series was taken over by Frederick Van Rensselaer Dey, who wrote 1,076 novels and s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diamond Dick
''Diamond Dick'' is a fictional character created by William B. Schwartz (writer), William B. Schwartz. He first appeared in "Dashing Diamond Dick; or, The Sarpint of Siskiyou County", a serialized novel that began in Street and Smith's story paper ''New York Weekly'' (Vol. 33, No. 21) on April 8, 1878, by Schwartz, writing under the pseudonym "Delta Calaveras." According to J. Randolph Cox, "the character was undoubtedly inspired by the life and career of herbal-medicine promoter and showman George B. McClellan (ca. 1858–1911), who went by the nickname "Diamond Dick" and was the hero of "Diamond Dick, the Dandy from Denver" by "Buckskin Sam" Hall in Beadle & Adams' New York Dime Library (Vol. 16, No. 199), published on August 16, 1882. The character later had a regular series in ''Nugget Library'', with No. 16, December 12, 1889. The real name of Schwartz's character was Richard Wade. His son, Bertie Wade, was known as Diamond Dick, Jr. The series was known for occurrin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
