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The Dean of Dime Novelists and the Merriwell Saga, or, The Life and Career of William Gilbert Patten
No full textWilliam Gilbert Patten is the last and greatest figure in the history of the dime novel. Representing, as he does, the transition of the dime novel writer to the field of the pulp paper magazines, he is the fitting climax to a period of prolific fictioneering unparalleled in the history of literature in any time or place. Of the school of fiction hacks who swamped the country with stories of wild adventure from the Civil War to the World War, not one stands on equal footing with the creator of Frank Merriwell. Judged by any standard he is easily the best, overshadowing such lofty figures as Edward Zane Carroll Judson and Colonel Prentiss Ingraham of Buffalo Bill fame.
William Gilbert Patten, or Gilbert Patten, was born in Corinna, Maine, on October 25, 1866
Three Bangor Novels
No full textThree short novels with Bangor as the setting by Burt L. Standish from Top Notch Magazine from 1912. Burt L. Standish was the pen name of Corinna, Maine, native Gilbert Patten. The novels are: Bainbridge of Bangor, The Portals of Chance, and Crucial Fire.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/books_pubs/1266/thumbnail.jp
Annual budget (Gilbert, Ariz.)
No full textabstract: The budget includes a profile of Gilbert and its government, a financial overview, details of operating and non-operating funds, capital improvement, and the town's deb
Gilbert Police Department annual report
No full textabstract: A report on the organization and activities of the Gilbert Police Departmen
Comprehensive annual financial report year ended June 30 (Gilbert, Ariz.)
No full textabstract: A complete set of audited financial statements for the town of Gilbert, Arizon
Town of Gilbert heads-of-households survey : attitudes on planning and services 2010
No full textabstract: The results of a late 2010 telephone survey of 502 residents of Gilbert, to determine resident attitudes to growth and development, town policies, allocation of tax dollars, town services and general satisfaction with the quality of life in Gilbert, Arizon
Oral History Interview with Gilbert Rivera on June 15, 2016.
No full textGilbert Rivera is a retired energy professional, author, and activist. He and his wife have lived in the historically black Rosewood neighborhood of Austin for over 30 years. Gilbert was a member of the Brown Berets in Austin and other Chicano civil rights groups. In his interview, he talks about his early years; and resistance against rules against Spanish in schools
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