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The "Big Six"
Among dime novel publisher Frank Tousey's many serials were six highly successful sports and adventure weeklies. Work and Win featured the adventures of young Frank Fearnot as he traveled the world performing good deeds at every opportunity. Pluck and Luck contained complete adventure tales set in various locales and historical periods. Wild West Weekly featured the courageous hero 'Young Wild West' as he fought with cowboys and Indians in American West. Liberty Boys of '76 chronicled the exploits of Captain Dick Slater and the Liberty Boys during the American Revolutionary War. Secret Service featured the renowned team of Old and Young King Brady as US Secret Service agents on the trail of criminals around the globe. Fame and Fortune Weekly: Stories of Boys Who Make Money featured "Horatio Alger" type stories of enterprising young me rising from rags to riches. |