1993 Sept-Oct - The Horatio Alger Society

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A magazlne devoted to the study or Horalio Alger, Jr.,
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VOLUME XXXI
SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 1993
NUMBER 5
The unknown
Percy
Keese
Fitzhugh
-- See Page 11
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YORK :..-:~.
M<; LOUGHLIN BROTHERS
Henry T. Coates:
... continuing the tradition
-- See Page 5
A new Winston format?
-- See Page 3
S&S at SU: a report
-- See Page 10
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NEWSBOY
September-October 1993
HORATIO ALGER SOCIETY
Presitfent's column
Pr parations are c ntinuing for the 30th annual Horatio
I r oci ty onvention to h held April 2 through
ay 1 of n t y ar. urcon ntion ho t, hri 0 Haan
(PF-773) and Milt Ehl rt (PF-702) have elected the Harley
H tel in rand Rapid a our 1994 convention ite.
pial rat of 5 for a double room ha b en arranged.
Thi i a full- rvice hot 1with xc Bent banqu t and
meting room facilitie on the premise . Ther is also an
indoor pool. Upcoming i ue of ewsboy will contain
mor conventi n information, including hot I regi tration card and a full ag nda. e Page 3 of this i ue for
apr liminary r port from Chri and Milt.
In my la t olurnn I mentioned th re olution pas ed
at ur mo t r c nt con ntion concerning the fea ibility
f tabli hing an Ig r r po itory dedicated to pr erving th work of Horatio Alger Jr. The re olution can b
fund on Pag 5 of th May-Jun i ue of ew boy.
Th re lution committ e (mad up of ev n Soci ty
m mb r ) provid d me with the nam of 21 pot ntial
librari and uni r itie th y beli v d would b intert din ur propo al. At thi point in tim about half of
th in titutions have r sponded and half of tho rp n
w repo iti
f wofthere pon ewer v ry
nthu ia tic and included detail d information on how
th y w uld w rk with th
i ty in obtaining the goal
of th r oluti n. The r olution committ i now working n a Ii t f crit ria that will b promulgated to the
int re ted parti . Thi i a long proc
which include
a I t f t I phon call and corr pond nce, but th
committ i hop ful that a r commendation can b
r ach d b for th n t cony ntion.
The r olution committee will r port it finding, and
it r comm ndati n, at th bu in
m ting in rand
Rapid, durin which th r commendation will b oted
on by th memb r pr ent. How
r, b cau e of the
importance of thi d ci ion, it i po ibl that all of the
m mb r will b a k d th ir pini n . Th details of thi
pr edure ha y t to b work d out, but it i lik Iy that
apt ard will b nclo d with a future i ue f ewboy to d t rmine our vote.
f ur , I would b inter t din h aring from any
m mb r in th int rim with their thought or id a .
Your partic'lar fri nd,
Robert . Ka per
5 5 . t. Andrew Dri
M dia, PA 1 063
To fllrther the philosophy of Horatio Alger, Jr. and to encollrage
the pirit of trive and Succeed tlmt for haifa cen til ry guided Alger'
undaunted heroes - lad whose trllg Ie epitomized the great
American dream andflamed hero ideal in cO/llltles millionsofyoul/g
Americal/s.
OFFICERS
ROBERT E. KASPER
MARY AN DITCH
MURRAY D. LEVI
CARL T. HARfMAN
BERNARD BIBERDORF
IV
M CLYMO T
JO FRIEDLAND
ROBERT COLLMER
BOB HUBER
JOHN CADICK
CHRISTI E DE HAAN
BART J. NYBERG
JOSEPH T. SLAVI III
LEO kBOB" BE ETf
RALPH D. GARD ER
PRESIDE T
VICE-PRESIDENT
TREASURER
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
(1994) DIRECTOR
(1994) DIRECTOR
(1994) DIRECTOR
(1995) DIRECTOR
(1995) DIRECTOR
(1995) DIRECTOR
(1996) DIRECTOR
(1996) DIRECTOR
(1996) DIRECTOR
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and
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As 0 lation' Int rnaUonal Biblio raphy.
BOOKS RECOMME OED BY HAS.
-"Horatio Alg r. Jr.. A ompreh n Iv Bibliography: by Bob
B nn tt (PF-265).
--"Horatio Alger or. The Am rI an H ro Era: by Ralph D.
Gardn r (PF-053).
-"Publi ation Formats ofth 59 Storl by Horatio AI r. Jr. a
Reprinted by th John . Winston 0.- ompiled by Bob Sawyer
(PF-455) and Jim Thorp (PF-574).
-"Horatio Alger Book Publi hed by A.L. Burt: by Bradford S.
ha (PF-412).
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plu non-Alger book for al . How ver, It I the poli y of the
Horatio Alger So lety to promot th ex hange of Alger book
and r lated Al r mat ral by providing pa free of charge to
our m mb r for the sale only of uch mat rial. nd such ad
to arl T. Hartmann or dlr lIy to dltor William R. Gow n (PF706) at 23 South Lak t.. Apt. . Mund I In. IL 0060.
September-October 1993
NEWSBOY
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Have a Grand (Rapids)
time with H.A.S. in '94
With "For ing Ah ad in Philly" till fre h in the
m m ry, it' alr ady time t tart thinking about ne t
ar'
n ntion.
Th 1 4 H ratio Alg r oci ty con ntion will b
held at th Harley Hot I in rand Rapid, Michi an. It i
locat d at th jun tion Hnt r tat 96 and a cade R ad,
it 40A.
Th Harl y i a full- ervic h t I, c mpl te with ind or p I, t oni court, I ung and r tau rant. ur
bu in
m ting, book al and banqu twill b held in
the hot I' ballro m and th r will b a ho pitality room
availabl for th duration f the on ntion.
Th nightly r om rat i 45, with accomm dations
f r two r f ur p r n.
Th hot I al will provid complimentar tran portati n to and from K nt ounty lot mational irport, a
w 11 a to and from local hopping mall, tc.
on ntion h t hri 0 Haan (P -773) f Wayland,
ich., i b ing a i t d by ill hi rt (PF-702) and hi
wif arol, wh Ii in rand Rapid, in planning th
v nt. It i hop d thi will b on of th be t-attended
c n nti n v r. ntir famili are w leom !
Thi will b th third Michi an c nv ntion, the pr viu gath ring takin plac in Kalamazo , ho t d by
Forr t ampb 11 and Ma Fri dman in 1969; and in Mt.
PI a ant, ho t d by B b B nn tt in 1972.
A compl t agenda for th '94 con ention, along with
r gi trati n f rrn and au ti nnw, will app ar in th
January-F bruar 1994 ewsboy.
Chris DeHaan (PF-773) and Milt Ehlert (PF-702) stand
at the entrance of the Harley Hotel in Grand Rapids,
Mich., site of the 1994 H.A.S. convention.
A new Winston format?
by William Rus ell (PF-549)
I r cently purcha ed a Win ton edition of "Wait r h rwood' Probati n" which I ha en
r
n
before and which i not Ii ted in "Publication
mat of th 59 tori by Horati Alger, Jr. a
R printed by the John . Win ton 0." by B b
awyer (PF-455) and Jim Th rp (PF-574).
Thi format eems to be a combination of th
Win ton Library diti n (Typ 1) and th T I graph Boy edition (Type 6). Th front c
r i
id ntical to th Librar Edition e cept that it i
c mpletely mo th with no emb in. The Librar
dition, a yuma kn w, ha a ribb d-lik cI th
d dark blue bord r .
binding with deeply emb
Th color of m book i d ep blue a ppo ed t th
aquamarin blue-gr n found in the Librar diti n.
The pine is id ntical to b th Typ 6 and T p 7
dition a Ii t db aw rand Th rp. Th ndpap r ar plain and th b k d
n t ntain an
illu tration or ad rti m nt , which i v r unu ual for a Win ton editi n. The pap r i fa
poor quality a i u ually f und in 0 n hu b
I would p culat thatthi h brid dition wa an
p riment by Win t n which did n t olv int a
c mpl te erie .
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September-October 1993
tEditor's note6oof(
Seek and ye shall find . . .
Till litt! t r upp rt th th i that y u ne r top
I amin .
La t pril I ga a pap r on Ralph Henry Barb ur at
th
m rican ultur A ciati n/Popular ultur
.0 iati n j int m etin in
w rlean. Included in the
pr ntation wa a Ii t of all of Barbour' known b ok ,
br k n d wn a follow: Adult romanc (13); ju enil
(75); n n- rie ficti n (55); non-fiction
b k in
ingl tit! (5); thr -in- ne "omnibu " volume (2);
b k f r whi h Barb ur er d a ditor (2); and book
-auth r or c llaborat r (10 -f r whi h Barb ur wa
fi
a h with a Mar arra and Henry P. Holt).
Thi i a tr m ndou utput -- 162 b ok -- or 1 0/ if
u regard th thre -in-one olum a r print. And
thi d
n't in Iud Barb ur' larg utput of h rt tori f r rna azin /e cept for two bo ks in th abov total
which ar olle tion of hort torie ("Th Arrival of
Jimp n" and "Danforth Pia the arne").
But in d ing my r arch, I ran acr
two additional
Barbour title that no coil ctor had found (or told anyone
ab ut). n i an adult r mance titl d "Peggy-in-th ppl ton in 1913; and the oth r i
Rain," publi h d b
"Th tor my Doggi Told to Me/" publi hed by Dodd,
n th e in th United tates
Mead in 1 14. I had
atalogue a w 11 a
eral bibliographic listing but
c nclud d the mayn t i tbecau nocopie had b n
nand
ondly, th gr ate t Barbour authority f all,
the lat B b henu, did not include them in hi wellr arch d Ii ting. I con Iud d that Chenu had uffici nt
rea n to doubt th ir e i tenc .
I a all thi a pr face b cau m article on Barb ur
will b app aring in th 0 ember-D c mb r ew boy
a th " th rAuth r / th rB oks"f atur .Anda part
f that article, th "c mpl te Ii ting" f Barb ur' books
will now include the two tit! / which hay urfac d
thi umm r.
Th fir t lue to th ir wh r about came at the 1993
H. . . c nv ntion, wh nnw m mb r Jeff Loon y (PF0) f Princ ton, .J. told m h had "The tory My
Do gi T Id to Me" n hi want Ii t and that he would
att mpt t track it down through th int r-Library mput r n twork. I told him that I f It it wa an arli r,
unpubli h d titl f r "My 0 g' t ry/" an th r Barb ur
titl b 0 dd, M ad that came out in 1920.
J ff aid h would pur u th arli r title and I t m
kn w th r ult f hi c mputer ar h.
The frontispiece from "The Story My Doggie Told to
Me," published by Dodd, Mead in 1914.
hortly after th cony ntion, Bart J. yb rg (PF- 79)
and I went bookhunting in Milwaukee. The R nai ance
Book torei Milwauk e' larg t/covering veralfloor /
and ha ing I ok d through th larg but un c ptional
lection of children boo / Bart d cided to go up tair
to check out the adult fiction. Th r / on a bottom h If in
the "B" ection, wa "P ggy-in-th -Rain."
It wa a typical Appl ton diti n of th 1913 P riod
with oval applique nth coy r, quite unlike th bulk of
Barbour' adult romanc a publi h d by Lippincott.
With "P ggy-in-th -Rain" now prov nand th
approprtiate chang mad to my Ii ting/ in mid-August
a I tt r from Looney arri ed, enclo ing photocopi of
th title pag / fronti pi c (ab v)/ pyright pag / d dication page and chapt r Ii t for "The tory y Doggie
." A h had h p d it w uld, int r-library
T Id T
loan tum d up a copy.
"In light of th imilarity f tit! and the fact that
publi h rand illu trator ar th am / I w nd r if 'My
o g' t ry/ might bar i u f'Th tory yO ggi
(Colltinued on Page 18)
September-October 1993
NEWSBOY
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The 11 Alger first editions published by Henry T. Coates in four different formats between 1896 and 1903.
Alger firsts by Henry T. Coates & Co.
continuing the tradition
by Bradford . Cha e (PF-412)
Thi i th la t in a erie of thr e article. about th
P rt rand oate and H nry T. oat & o. publi hing
c mpani and th ir
contribution in bringA~ at ~ ~
ing original tori s
written by H rati Alg r Jr. to million of oung reader
around th turn of this c ntury.
For 29 y ar tartin in 1 66, Henry T. oat and
Rob rt P rt r produc d qualit b k from th ir Port r
and at publi hing h u in Philadelphia. Fr m 1 2
through 1 03, Mr. oate wa a moving for e not nly in
publi hing Alg r fir t dition but in i uing many 1ger
r print dition a well. Wh n Port r r tir din 1 95, 1 the
Port r and oat firm had pr duc d 15 Alger fir t
editi n . H nry, arrying n th firm' tradition of producing roughly n Alg r fir t edition p r year, pubIi h d 11 mor .2
H my Troth
at s, th
cond of i childr n, wa
born cpt. 29, 1 43. H wa 23 wh n he joined th Davi
and P rt r publi hing firm in 1 6 and it b cam Da i,
P rtcr and
at. When Davis retired the n t year,
I
I
H my' father Morri on and hi uncle B njamin, who
were cloth and wool merchant , inve t d in th n w
Porter and Coate bu ine .3 The firm wa 1 at d in
Philadelphia at th corner of 9th and h tnut tr t
(822 h tnutSt.)untiID cember1 9 ,wh nitmo dto
1222 Che tnut t. A
In doing re arch for thi articl , I unco red ev ral
thing that w r f mor than pa ing inter t l m in
thi tory of Alger produced by the Porter and
ate
and H.T. oate & o. firm. n inv Ived th
mpanie 'ob iou policie of producing quality cl th-bound
r that f r many ar
co r. It int r ted me to di c
Porter and oate pecializ d in art, trad and rare
b ks, many in fin binding; and in 1 69 th Y P ned an
art gallery above the book tore. s I can now bett r und rtand th rea n oat 'Alg r fir t dition ar of uch
high quality with thi type of arty backgr und and
influence.
noth r item f intere t is that Henry T. oat ,in
addition to hi publi hing acti ity, wa an ditor and
writer. He wrot g neological tudie f th
ate familyand dited a popular ri call d The Fire ide EncyclopediaofPoetry,whichwa init 31 t diti nb 1895. 6
Thi
em unu ualfor a publi her at that time a [found
(Colltillucd all Page 6)
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September-October 1993
Alger fir ts by Henry T. Coates & Co.
( ontillLled from Pa e 5)
n
u h background or inter t in my pr viou tudi of
.H. Wad witz, A.L. Burt and Micha I A. Donohu ,7
wh
m d to be practical, hard-h aded bu in m n
m rging fr m th printing and b okbinding trade .
n mi ht a that tho thr e w re 10 year after oate
nd b th n, th typ of p ople publi hing bo
had
chang d. But appar ntly H nr T.
at, a a writ r,
wa diff r nt than oth r who w r publi hing popular
bo k at th tum of th c ntury. It certainly i refl t din
th high quality of Alg r h wa in 01 d in producing.
Al 0 f c ncem are the r lated probl m in the pubIi hing w rld during th lat 1 0 and arly 1 90 ,
whi h rtainly made for un ettling tim in that indu tr.
tonI wa ther th great debat about cop right
legi lati n but indi idual publisher, uch a John Lovell,
w r tryin t craft way to monop lize bu in . An
i u dir t!yaft cting th Porter and oate firm conc m d th action tak n by Lovel1 to tifle comp tition,
particularly in the publication of ch ap pap r-edition
bo k . P rt rand oate d cided not to join with Lovell
and many f the oth r book publisher of th day in
forming th Unit d tate B ok Company in 1890. 8 In a
ry blatant way, Lov llattempted to completely control
comp titi n by acquiring e i ting librarie of comp tin
publi h r , buying out inter t in book plate and in
arran ing with orne publi her- to top producing c rtain lin
f book .9
P rt r and oat did not join in th new company
and acc rding to Raymond hov," t th b ginning of
), although the ch ap librarie w re
th n w y ar (1
paral z d a a r ult of cutthroat competition, the cheap,
loth-b und twe/vemo, uch a tho e i ued by B Hord,
larke and ompany and Porter and oate, were doing
b tt r.,,10
Appar ntly, Lovel1 earlier had mention d that Porter
and oat would b willing to join hi bo k tru t but it
didn't work out that way. Porter and oate went th ir
wn way and continu d to produce good cloth-bound
boo right through th United tat B ok ompany
fia c and it d mi thr ugh bankruptcy in 1 93.
Henry T. oat continu d producing quality book
and Alg r fir t diti n until 1903. Th ne t y ar h
r tir d and old out to th John . in t n ompany,
al ofPhiJ delphia. Mr. ate b cameaWin ton tockh Id r and at on that company' board of director. Th
a quisiti nofthe oat firmmo d Win t n ryh avily
int th ju nile b k bu ine and the firm continu d
pr ducing Ig r r print for many y ar . Win ton had
b gun in 1 4, making ph tographic album and pubIi hing ub ription b k.
Acc rding to John H. T bb I, Win ton wa inc rpo-
Henry T. Coates' first three first editions appeared in
1896-97 in the "Ten Stalks of Leaves" cover format.
rated in 1892 and at the arne time bought the plant of the
Int mational Bible Agency, making it on of th larg t
bible manufacturer around. With th acquisition of the
oate bu ine , Win ton e pand d into n w faciliti in
an ight- tory building on Arch tr et. 11 0 Alg r fir t
dition wer produc d by Win t n, so the n -p r-year
publishing tradition ( xcept for 1 91) begun in 1 2 by
Port r and oat topp din 1 03 with th publication of
" he ter Rand."
It i curiou that no Alg r fir t dition wa publi h d
in only one of the 22 consecutiv year of publi hing
Alg r fir t edition by Port r aand
at and H ory T.
oate & o. ne can only gu
now, mor than 100
curr d. Frank Lovell' acy ar lat r, a to why thi
tion with the United tate Book ompany and that
year' debut of the Int mational
pyri ht Law, whi h
had a great impact on publi h r at that tim , might be
u pect d a contributing factor in Port rand oate'
notwantingtoprodu eanAlg dir tedition in 1 91. This
m to be a fruitful r arch ar a. n hould n t that
aft r the firm b cam Henry T. oat & o. in 1 95, the
policy changed from n pry ar to two pry ar from
1 96 to 1 9 and one each y ar ver the ne t four year.
Table 1 id ntifi th Alg r fir t- diti n tit! produced by the H nry T. oate &
. firm and th related
publication date. U ing B nn tt 12 a a our , there ar
11 Alger fir t edition in four differ nt format . For ea y
, I've u d
mmon nam f r the
r fer nce purp
format by picking ut the pr min nt f ature n ach
co er a d crib d b B nn tt. Th four ar : "T n tal
fLea e ," "Thr
Flower and t m ," "Two Fern
Bran h "and"H r / arria /Tramp."
(Continued
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Ten talk of Leaves Fonnat
Two of th three title produced in thi format as fir t
edition w re publi h din 1896 and the other a y ariat r.
ne of th e titl , "The Young al man," ha been
found with a du t jacket, we might a ume that jacket
e i t for the ther tw title.
Th cover ize i 5 by 7112 inch with the binding in
tan cloth, tamp d in black and gold. The cover how 10
with th titl near th top within
v rtical tal of I a
a black-outlin d val. The author' name i in a blackoutlin d cir Ie in th low r-third of the front cov r,
Alg r' nam print d in black in four line in capital
letter: BY IH RATI 1AL ER/JR.
The pine ha ne vertical talkof lea , with the titl
f gold 1 tt ring, followed by a
at th top in thre lin
hart horiz ntal g Id line and AL R, al in gold,
und rneath th lin. Th bottom f the pine ha the
publi h r' name, in small gold lettering, a follow:
H
RY T.
ATE 1&
. Black doubl rul are at the
top and bottom of the pine.
Three Flower and tern Fonnat
ne f the thr titl in thi format wa copyright d
in 1 97 and th oth r tw f 1I0wed in 1 98. "A B y'
Fortune" ha be n found with a du t jacket a we can
f the boo cam with
again a urn that all thr
D.J..
Th c er iz i 51/4 by 71/2 in he, lightly larg r
than the abov f rmat. It i in light-green cloth tamped
in black, gold and light r gr n. The fr nt cov r ha a
heavy black ruled border urrounding three vertical
gr n and black fl w rand t m . The titl it at th top,
tamp ding Id, and the author' name i at the bottom
in bla k. Th word BY H RATI AL ER JR. ar eparated by black dot.
Th pin how the titl in gold in three lin ,with
AL ER underneath, again parated by a horizontal
gold lin . There i on v rtical bla k-and-gre n flow r
and leaf de ign. Th publi her' name again app ar in
tw line at the bottom f th pin, but thi time it i in
black lettering. ingle heavy black rule are at the top and
bottom of th spin .
Two Fern Branche Format
Th r ar thr Alger fir t with thi format, two
copyrighted in 1899 and on in 1901. For orne rea on,
"J d, th Po rhou B y" ha th 1 9 copyright dat but
apparently wa not printed unti11900, a the fir tedition
ha thatdateonth titlepag .Ap ible planation for
Coate withholding publication until 1900 may be relat d toAlger' d ath, whi h curr din 1 99. "Rupert'
Ambition" has b en fund with a du t jack t, a we
might a _urn that all thr titl
am in D.}..
The cover ize i 5 by 7 112 inch and the boo ar
b und in r ddi h-br wn I th, tamped in light and dark
brown. Unlike th pr viou two format, th re i no
Table 1
The 11 Henry T. Coates Alger First Editions
Ten Stalks of leaves format
:m!I.
Publication Date
The Young Salesman
Frank Hunter's Peril
Frank and Fearless
1896
1896
1897
Three Flowers and Stems format
Walter Sherwood's Probation
A Boy's Fortune
The Young Bank Messenger
1897
1898
1898
Two Fern Branches format
Rupert's Ambition
Jed, the Poorhouse Boy
Lester's Luck
1899
1899·
1901
HorseiCarriagelTramp format
Andy Grant's Pluck
Chester Rand
_
1902
1903
• This boo1c; was copyrighted In 1899 but not published until
1900. That' 900 date Is printed on the title page.
border around th front cover, which how two talksof
fern era ed at the bottom, forming a curved "v" hap .
The title i atthe top in plain black letter , ndo d within
the "V."
There i one vertical fern talk running the full I ngth
of the pine, broken by thr e gold trip. Th wid t n
i at the top, which provid th background for the title,
which i printed in black. The two narrow gold trip
provide background for" AL ER" ju t below th enter
f th pin and "
ATE" at the bottom.
Hor e/Carriagerrramp Fonnat
Th la t two fir t edition pr du d by Henr T.
oate came in thi format, publi hed one ach in 1902
and 1903. either of the b ok ha b n found with a
du t jacket, but that doe not pre Iud th
i tence of
jacket for till format. It i lik ly they did, inc the other
oate Alger had them.
Th cover ize i 5 by 71/2 inch and i in tan cloth,
tamped in whit , black and brown. Th front cov r i
encl d in a thin black rule. The illu trati n h w a b y
driving a hor e-drawn carriag being topped by a man
who ha h ld of th hor e' bridl . Th titl i at the top
of th cover in white lettering and the author' name
app ar in thr lin in the low r-Ieft orner: H RA TI 1
AL ER/JR.
Th pin how c boy in the c nt r, tandin with hi
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The "Three Flowers and Stems" and "Two Fern Branches" formats each hold three Alger first editions.
Alger fir ts by Henry T. Coates & Co.
( ontinued from Pa e 7)
hand inill pocket. The title and author appear near the
t p f th pin, eparated b a horizontal white lin , and
the publi her' name (this time in full) i at the bottom of
th pin in mall white I tt ring.
Th e 11 Alger fir t edition, produced by Henry T.
oat &
er an ight-year period, ar impr i in
quality and orne of them are really difficult for th
11 ct r to find.
n though th all mo t lik ly originaIl came with du t jack t , the O.J. are almo t impo ibl t find t day.
H my T. oate, the man, had a ignificant impact in
brin in n w t ri auth r d b Horati
19 r Jr. to
milli n of oung people for well 0 er 20 year. Both the
at
nd H nr T. oat & o. firm with
P rt r and
whichH nry oate wa oclo lya ociatedduringhi
ar r, produ d high-quality and eryattractiv
19 r
fir t dition that we a collector tr a ure toda .
ft n, m n lik
oat d n t r cei
nough
T
r ogniti n for the contributi n they ha e made in
bringing both r ading and 011 ting pi a ur to million
of pe pi both in h' day and our t day, mor than 100
, ar lat r.
4. t rn, p. 245.
5. tern, p. 246.
6. Ibid.
7. Cha , Bradford S. "Alger Whitman, Part I: Who
wa E.H. Wadewitz?" ew bo , Vol. XXX, arch- pri!
1992; "Horatio Alger Boo Publi h d by A.L. Burt,"
If-publi hed, 19 1; "Alg r Boo Publi h d by M.A.
o nohu ," a pre entation at the Horatio Alg r oci ty
(Continued 011 Page 9)
.H.
t.
The final two Coates Horatio Alger first editions
appeared in the "Horse/CarriagefTramp" format in
1902 and 1903, respectively.
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nv ntion, April 0, 1993.
8. Shov , Raym nd Howard. "Ch ap B ok Production in the Unit d tat , 1 70-1891." 1937, Urbana Ill.
Univer ity of min i , p. 103.
9. Ibid.
10. hove, p. 40.
11. T bb I, J hn H. "A Hi tory of B ok Publi hing in
th Unit d tat ," V I II. 1975. ew York and London:
R.R. Bowker . p. 423.
12. Bennett, p. 44 (" ndy rant' Pluck"); p. 51 ("A
B y' Fortun "); p. 53 (" h t r Rand"); p. 64 ("Frank
and Fearl "); p. 5 ("Frank Hunt r' Peril"); p. 75 ("Jed,
ter'
uck"); p. 100
th Poorh u By"); p. 7 ("
("Rup rt' Ambiti n"); p. 11 ("Walter herwood' Probati n"); p. 123 ("The Young Bank Me nger") and p.
12 ("The Young al man").
Editor' note: ther re"earcller /rave de cribed the e books'
cover differelltly. For example, ;n "PublicatlOlI Fort/tat ofthe 59
torie by HoratiO Alger, Jr. a Reprillted by the Johll C. Wiwton
Co." by Bob aWljer (PF-455) alld Jim Thorp (PF-574), the "Tell
Stalks of Leave" format I called ti,e "Pom ellia" edition; the
"Three Flowers and tems" format i called the "Chry anthe1/111/11" edition; the "Two Fem Branches" format i called the
"Palm frond" edit/all and ti,e" Hor e/Carriage(framp"format i
called /lIe "Mnll Holding Hor e' /lead" edition. Welraveadopted
Bel/nett" de C"ptiOIl a "tIe for the sake of ulliformity.
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S&S at SU
The Syracuse symposium: a report
by William R. Gowen (PF-706)
A c Hector, w too often v nture far and wide for
bo k , r turn hom and put th m n ur helv and
k.n w all t 0 litt! about the bo k them ely , their
publi h r and author.
That' why confer nc like the Augu t 4-6, 1993
ra u Univer itySympo iumforDime 0 el,Pulp
and rie B k are 0 valuable. We g t a chance to take
a riou 10 kat th t ri b hind th b oks w r ad a
childr nand ontinu to njo a adult.
The yra u meting wa an utgrowth of th 1 91
H
mp iumho t dbyth Univer ityofMinne ota.
J. Rand lph 0 (PF-S9 ) ugge t d at the time that w
hay th
me ting every two or thr e y ar and propo d ra u a a ite. dditional plan wer laid at th
1 2 and 1 3 annual joint me ting f th
merican
ultur A.
iati nand P pular ultur A ciati n,
th m t r cent taking place thi pa t April in
w
rlean, a.
Th yracu
ympo ium wa co- pon or d by th
IP
, Dim
v I , Pulp and ri Book ar a
A
of int r t, th yracus Uni r ity Library and the U
iat. B cau th yracu e ni r ity LiLibrar A
brary i th r po itory of the tr et & mith archive, th
mp ium I brat d the publication of &, one of
the 010 t important Am rican publi h r f popular
fi ti ninth pa t centur .
Following arc ption for early arri al on Wedne day
ning in th .. Bird Library' 1916 Room, the
mpo ium pened officiaUyon Thur day morning, with
U ibrarian Da id tam and arolyn Davi of th
library' p cial oHection 0 partment off ring official
r etin and an intr du tion to th ympo ium for th
m r than two doz n att nd e .
The fir t pr ntation wa appropriat ly titl d
" u ntin R ynold ' 'The Fiction Fa tory': How much
fa t, h w much ficti n?" Th author, Fr d
ok, could
n t attend the conferen e and hi evaluation of the
nt nnial hi t ry f tr t & mith wa r ad by Anthony
T lIin f Fairfi ld, .J.
The c nd pr ntation wa titled "Theod re Dr i r
and hi
tr t & Smith ircl," pr ent d by Lydia
hurman, Prof or Em rita of ngli h at orthern
irginia ommunity olleg. The ba i of the pre ntahurman' re arch of th corr pond nce
tion wa
org
b tw n Theodor Dr i rand &5 author
J'nk and Fr d ri 0 and 5& dit r Richard Duff
and ilmanHallh ld in th Uni r ityofP nn ylvania'
Randy Cox (PF-S98) discusses Nick Carter, top; and
Eddie LeBlanc, above left, AI Tonik and other audience members listen to editor Bill Gowen's talk on
the 30-year evolution of Newsboy. Both presentations were part of the Syracuse University Symposium for Dime Novels, Pulps and Series Books.
Dr i er oll cti n.
Wrapping up the morning e ion wa "Vignette
from a tr t & Smith Album," by Roc 0 J. Mu 01 che
(PF- 97) of
w Iberia, La. Becau e R co had to cancel
hi trip to Syracu e elt th la t minute for family r a on ,
the pap r wa r ad by o.
F llowinglunchon yracu e' famou Mar hall tr t
trip, the conference r umed with a pre entation by
J hn T. Diz r (PF-S11) titled " n ont mplating the
Boy' wnLibrary:A tre t& mith xp riment."Dizer'
talk wa profu I iUu trated with col r lid , including
rie" by uch tr et & Smith
b 0 in thi "publi her'
auth r a Horatio Aig r Jr., ilb rt Patten, dward
trat m yer, t.
orge Rathborn and Edward lli.
J an arwile-Ma tell r, Pr f
r f ngli h at
(COlltilll/cd all Page 20)
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Page 11
The unknown Percy Keese Fitzhugh
by John T. Dizer (PF-511)
Ln hi heyday, Percy K
Fitzhugh (1 76-1950) wa
one of the m t popular writer for young p pIe in
Am ri a. Hi b oks had action and xcitem nt and wer
enthu ia tically d v ur d by th young. In addition, h
ntiaLly ub idiz d by the Boy
wa upported and
ut of Am rica and hi b k w r pr mot dab ing
bett r writt n than
ther ri b k of
th time.
William D. Murray
~~
note in "Th Hi tory
of th B Y out of America" that "The celebrated Tom
lad b 0
f Pry K. Fitzhugh w re de loped to
counter th 'T m wift' b
. With 0 title they r ach d
a total f 4,000,000 old by th publi hr.'"
th r urc giv al fi ur
n id rably Ie
one miLli n t thr e million -- and we know there were
only 19 Tom lad title, but urray h w the intent of
ut to count r what th y f It wa po r literathe Boy
tur .
In additi n t th Tom lad
writt n for the
out and publi h d b
r
t and Dunlap, Fitzhugh
out and ro t -- the Roy
al wrot -- and for th
Blakel y ri , the P -W Harri
ri, the We ty
Martin ri , th Mark ilmore rie and additional
ingl Boy
ut t rie f r a total f 67 b
, all out
or out-r lat d. All were publi hed b tween 1915 and
1931. Fr m 19 1 to 1934, ro t and Dunlap al 0 pubIi h d th Hal K nand kippy Dar eri , a total of 13
bo k , all writt n by Fitzhu h under the "Hugh Lloyd"
p n nam .
Fitzhugh, we b Ii v , wr t 9 ju nile. ro et and
Dunlap publi h d 0 of them and with ro et' huge
di tribution n tw rk (plu th backing of th B A) th
Oar th b
m t collect r know about.
But what ab ut th oth r 16? The b 0
how a
differ nt picture of the real Fitzhugh. Hi jingoi m, his
pr judic and hi bi try cam a a h k to m after m
youthful blind acc ptan of Tom lade' h roism and
th
pl it of th oth r Brid boro ou.
Fitzhugh' arly b oks in Iud fanta y, histor and
Boy
uting and ar w II w rth amining. Hi fir t
publi h d w r apparently app ar d in 190 , b ginning with th "r. ld n Rod tory B ok," which apparntly n coil t r ha e n but whi h ma
i t, accord-
I~~"'I
...
Editor' note: Till arlle/e wa pre ellted a a paper at the 23rd
allllllaimetillg ofille Pop"lar ClIltllre Associatioll 011 April 10, 1993
ill ew Orleall , La., alld was also pre ell ted 011 April 30, 1993 al tile
Horatio Alger ociely's allllllal COlluellilOIl ill Fort Wa lIillgtoll, Pa.
"King Time" (1908) was Percy K. Fitzhugh's only
venture into the Oz-Iike world of fantasy.
ing to Fitzhugh' obituary.2
In 1906, McLoughlin Brother publi hed the ix- 01um Young Folk' Colonial Library by Fitzhugh. Th
b ok , which ran from 63 to 95 pag in length, wer
adverti d a "biographical tori of th minor charact r in the War for Ind p nd nce."
Th books were "Th tory of...John PaulJon , Ethan
Ilen, n ral Anthony Wayn, n ral (Baron) 0 Kalb,
eneral Richard Montgom ry and eneral Franci
Mari n."
o pite their hort length, th boo ar quite flamboyant and obviou ly aimed f r a youn audienc . Th Y
ar hy on balanced hi torical judgrn nt and trong on
ter typ and p r nal pr judic
eral of th b 0
bring in, for ome odd r a on, tori
f witchcraft,
ho t and phantom .
For xample, from "Th
tory f
n ral Richard
Montgom ry": "... th re liv din Pru ia, a fam u thi f
wh i known in hi tory a Fr d rick the rat."
Fr m "Th Story of n raiD Kalb": "Fr derick th
r at had gone hom to hi lu uriant ca tl t write
p m andplayth flute,forifh
uldnotmakep pi
mi erable in one way h wa ur to do it in another."
And Fitzhugh didn't lik H ian oldier: "Th
hir d for igner , who had n inter tin th war but f r
(Continued on Page 12)
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The unknown Percy Keese Fitzhugh
(Continued from Pa e 11)
th man y they received were the cruelist oldiers in the
whole army of r at Britain."
me oth r quat : The French " are a delicate and
arti ti in ev rything th y do," and " th wily French in
anada," and "...But, being a French Huguenot, nobody
pa anyatt ntion t him," mak on u p ct Fitzhugh
wa no 10 er of the French.
In "The tory of Ethan All n," ew York claimed
Vermont and attempt d to evict th original ewHamphire ettl r . " w Hamp hire prot t d ...but he wa
p werl
b fore th great rich colony and the greedy
tyrant
wh
gOY rn d it"
and, " ... th
R al ov rnor
f
ew
York went on
uttingup Vermont like a
mod rn land
bo m
company, and payin hi d bts
\- ith it, and di P ing fitina
pirit f pI nd dlib rality."
Pitzhugh
didn't like ew
York tat r ith r, although
w V rm nter
might ay he The six-volume Young Folks Colowa mild and nial Library offered flamboyant bifa tual! A for ographies of several of the Revoluth
ngli h, tionary War's lesser-known figures.
quoting "The
t r
f en ral Richard Montgom ry":" eorge the
Third [wa ] th w ak t and rna t fooli h king that ever
at up n a thr ne... "
The Briti h oldier at Fort Ticond raga wer n'tmuch
b tt r, a c rding to thi pa ag from "Th
tory of
Ethan 11 n": "Many were the hout from boi terou ,
drunk n officer, that ch d through the trong old
forL"
nd a. f r th Briti h military in
w Y rk ity, h,
i fund in "Th
tory of
n ral Anthony
my!
Wa n ":"H r th y ttled down to ocial pI a ure ,the
officer g mbling n a large cale and the private gambling on a . mall al; and th y de nced and ang and
drank toa t and w r
ceding m rry... "
September-October 1993
And look at th Dutch. In "Montgomery": "I should
not be at all urpri ed if grouchy old Peter Stuyve ant
haunted the place with hi wo d n leg - or orne other
dreadful old Dutch burger." The Indians and Blacks
don't fare too well ither. From "Th Story of
neral
DeKalb": "...loiter r and on or two lazy looking indian and egro ... " dr m "M ntgom ry": "50 you can
ee that thi celebrated [French and Indian] war was a
art of ble ing in di gui t all nc rn d, xc pt the
hapless and a tonished Indian, who were, of cour ,no
can id ration one way or th ther." And in "Wayn ":
"The Indian ...wer till activ in th ir ho tiliti ,and
frightened tal of rna acre and outrag came in from
the great We t."
nd what about girl? W r ally don't hear much
about them. Baron DeKalb' omm nt wer flowery.
Referring to the acrific s girl had mad for th war, he
"...perceiv d the fair dam 1 at the critical p ciod of
w et ixteen,whenenticingraim ntwa mo tofalltob
de ired, horn of all their tr a ured and cherished finerie ; th j wei d arring, th b ruff! d p tticoat, th ilk n
love-hood, the bewitching stomach r; of ev rything engaging and alluring exc pt th ir grac ful courte ie .
When Wayne r turned from the Indian campaign, "Th
fair maidens hurled flow r at him a h pa d al ng."
ther than that, girl didn't have much do do with
Fitzhugh' ver ion of olonial hi tory.
a what did Fitzhugh like? Apparently he thoroughly
beli v d in the manu t d tiny f thi country, he lik d
brave men and he lik d war. The
ix books are worth
exploring in orne d pth b au th y h w attitud
which appear in varying degr e in Fitzhugh' later
book.
In 1907, McLoughlin publi hed "The Story of a Fight:
from onc rd Bridge to a Field at Yorktown." Thi wa
another American hi tory and the author wa gi en a
"Hugh Lloyd." It wa a pr t ntiou b k, apparently
written for lightly old r youth than th colonial eri of
th year before. It wa quail dramati in tone. For
example: " ... it wa there at that woden cro ing which
panned th languid
nc rd Ri r that th gloriou
truggle tarted which nded on a fi Id at Yorktown!"
The h ro of the prec ding ri aU app ar, lading
m to wand r if Fitzhugh had mat rial I ft ov r. The
a agery of the Indian, th n bility f th truggl of
the American and the brutality of the Briti hare et forth
in a dramatic and highly lurid mann r:
"Th urr nder f th Briti h at Yorktown wa the
r ward of e en long year f uffering to th patriot
who won the freedom of thi ble d land and whom we
houldn v rcea etohonor.lt\- a withthi gloriou and
dramatic clima that the curtain of the great drama feU,
and thu nd ur t ry of a Fight."
(Collti/Il/cd on Page 13)
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In 1908, Fitzhugh wrote both a hi torical nov I, "Th
alleon Tr a ur ," and a child' fanta y, "King Tim ."
"The alieon Trea ure" i the fir t of Fitzhugh' boy ,
ad entur . It tak place in al m in 1692 and i an
ntertaining book nce you get pa t the "for ooth ,"
"varlet ," '" truth" and additional 0 r-u d p udoarchaic language. We find adv nture, pirate, fighting,
witch trial, "ek "thi and "mort" that and acti n, action
and mor action.
u ual, "Th
all n Trea ur "i almo t entir I
male oriented. Th h ro' iter i pictured a : " ...a fair
la ,and mild and biddabl "; a " ...a frailla "; a "...a
meek-manner d wench" and " my we t i terblu hed
v rmuchm
mith";and, " h ho kherheadwith
a fair p ut." She wa al 0 han ed a a witch. Th girl in
ut tori wer n't much, if any, difFitzhu h' lat r
f r nt e cept that non f them came that do e t being
hang d.
Th th r Fitzhugh b k from 1908, "King Tim ," i
compl t Iydiff r nt.Iti a"Wizardof z"-typ fanta y
about a little boy who fall a Ie p and i taken by an imp,
r. Thr
'lock, to e wh r th hour go. A with
" z," the illu trati n (in thi ca by L.J. Bridgman) ar
integrat d with th te t and ar an important part of the
book. "King Tim "i a mixture of rhyme and pro e. The
boy and th imp i it th land of Tock rlore and th
magic city of Tick rl en and have lot of strang adventur . Th h ar the leg nd f th Woll rp rl ck, one
ver e of which g
"And the maid n who pa ed in th
v ning/Wouldinc antlyloiterand tand/Bythef nc
n arby,andgiggl and i h,/Andr mark,'Hei imply
grand!' "
Fitzhugh had no known publi h d bo ks betwe n
1 0 and 1 12, alth ugh in 1910 heedit d th 10-volume
" very irl' Library." Thi library wa"
ollection of
Appr priate and In tructi e R ading for irl of 11
Age from the B t uthor of All Time."3
Fitzhugh appar ntly pr vided a" en ralIntroducti n" but none of the chapt r . Ba d on hi knowledge
of girl ,at I a t a h wn in hi b Y b ok ,h
m an
unu ual choic for ditor.
It i int r ting t not that th "Ev ry B 'Library,"
publi h d by &0 f r th B
ut of m rica, did not
app ar until 191 . "AI ng the
hawk Trail" wa pubIi hed by Thoma Y. r well in 1912 and wa Fitzhugh'
fir t b ok n B y outing. It wa quit uc
ful and
wa reprinted in th "Ev ry B y' Library" in 1914. Thi
th r adv ntur I
b k wa follow db a ri of thr
outin b ok with many of th am character.
Th
f ur b
ar v r imilar t th lat r, m r
&0 Tom lad
rie . Th four book are
famou
" long th Mohawk Trail" ( row 11, 1912); "F r Uncle
am, B "( rowell, 1913); "[n th Path f LaSalle"
( rowell,l 14};and"Und am' utdoorMagic" (Harp-
Page 13
"The Story of a Fight," written under the "Hugh
Lloyd" pseudonym, continued Fitzhugh's early jingoistic and dramatic writing style.
r ,1916).
In "Along the Mohawk Trail," 1 -year-old Harry
Arnold and 14-year-old ordon Lord, two Scout from
w Jer y, mis th train for a Scout camp I at d
omewher on th hore of Lak Champlain. Th
d cid to hunt up th camp on th ir own and e ntually
do o. It i difficult, partly ince the tr op ha not yet
d cid d wher to put the camp. On th way n rth,
mold and Lord re cue a badly hurt out, captur orne
robb r and r co r th lot, find and r tum a I t
r ticule b longing to a 16-year-old maid nand av a
mall boy from drowning. Th y wind up th umm r
with
rdon r ceiving the Bronze Medal for lif aving
andHarryr ceivingth olden ro ,th hi h taward
in Scouting.
In "For Unci am, B ," Harr L rd p nd two
ar working on the Panama anal. The d cripti n of
Panama, the locks and condition of working on th canal
are d tailed and well don . Harry' bo i Un 1 am,
p r oOOi d,wh candonowr ng.Inhi tim in Panama,
Harry urviv a land lid ,make an alm t fatal trip t
Haiti, find a g Id hoard fa '49 r and am th Pan rna
M dal.
"Un I am'
utdoor
ull n, a poor Bridgeb ro,
w Jersey b . Ro Blakele
and other Bridgeb ro
ut app ar in th b k but
outingd
notplayapromin ntpart.B bbyhelp th
(COil till lied 011 Page 14)
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September-October 1993
The unknown Percy Keese Fitzhugh
namored of
ut wat r
t of th
Once you wade through the pseudo-archaic language, "The Galleon Treasure," the first of Fitzhugh's
boys' adventures, is filled with action, action and
more action.
r,
nce carried
Fitzhugh' id a ab ut girl hadn't chan d ith r.In
"LaSall ," " ... th re r
th cl ar voic f a girl, 'I wi hI
wa abo .' H r m th r aid, 'Did u e er hear of uch
a thing?'
ordon Lord, out rna ot and ab ut 16, hout d,
"Ther hay t b girl for oldi r t ay far wilt ."
"You're upp ed to tay h re and pine away," comrd n."
?"
fort d
Th girl laughed. "Th r ha to b
rd n, with gr at finality.
h art and thin ," aid
f war at al!?"
"Els , what' the u
rd n/Fitzhugh wa pr umabl kiddin but th
girl n v rdidgoonadv ntur .Appar nt1yth yc uldn't
handl tr . In "La all ," wh n W I Y wa hurt, "...a
younggirlwhopre edh rway... togetaglimp
fhim,
hri k d ndru h daway.And
ingh r, th rwom n
wh ho r d about turned awa , afraid t 1 k and
panting i ibl ... "
an n1 b thankful that Fitzhugh i
n rally
bu yt llingarolli kin
od t r thathi pr judi
mor or 1 hidd n b th acti n and ad ntur .
Thi , unfortunat I , i not true in th final tw n n&0 bo k•. "Th By' B k f
ut " app ar d in
1917, th am y ar that the
nd nd third T m lade
( o/lti/lued 011 Page 15)
September-October 1993
NEWSBOY
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Fitzhugh's first book involving Boy Scouts was"Along the Mohawk Trail," published by Crowell in 1912. Other titles
using the same characters were "For Uncle Sam, Boss" (Crowell, 1913) and "In the Path of LaSalle" (Crowell, 1914).
p cted Boy out
titl app ared. If th boy reader
th Y w r ml tak n. Th book wa collection of 20
biographi
f Am rican frontier out. T Fitzhugh,
"Mo tofth
m npo e dallthequalitie ofheroi m.
They were mod I of phy ical manhood, strong of will
and mu cl , romantic in attire and capable of enduring
incredible hard hip and privation ."
The tori w re al 0 flow ry and dramatic. Indians
play d a promin nt part and th r ferenc to them are
gen rally unfavorable. Here ar quot :
"Savag made th night horrible with their warwhoop and murd rou raid " ... "Th prid and power
of thi warlike [ h rok e] trib wa at la t brok nand
their murd rou d pr dation wer at an nd." ..."Th
mo t frightful utbreak of th warlik and treacherou
ioux." And n and on. Jo ph, chi f of the ez Perce,
wa
I ct d for a chapter partly b cau , "...a Indian
g , h wa a g d Indian."
u t r, of cour , wa a hero. In faime to Fitzhugh
I hould not that he admltt d that the gOY mment did
not alway tr at th Indian fairly and that the Indians
had am ju tification for their actions.
Fitzhugh i consi t nt in hi attitud toward Blacks
wh n h m ntions th" gro ervant of aptain lark,
who, in hi appropriate charact r of min tr I and comedian, gr atly nliv n d th party..."
Ju tplaingirl appar ntlyhadlittl todowithfrontier
c uting." quaw and Indian maid n " are mentioned
a i "th t nd r r gard of Indian dam el ."
In a diff r nt in, th hey nne women join d "in
th combat and fighting with th aggr ive energy of
m d en uffragi t ."
Fitzhugh' final non- &0 book wa the 1919 hi tory,
"From Appomattox t
rmany." F w holar have
read thi b k - which i probably fortunate for
Fitzhugh' r putation. Th b k purport to b a hi tory
for "younger readers" of th p riod from the ivil War to
World War I.
Discu ing Recon truction: "[Th blacks] wer th
chief problem in that perplexing tim , and befor th y
w re gott n into their proper plac they caused a r ign
of t rror throughout the outh." r, "The [Ku-Klux]
Klan men were men of dauntle courage and of iron
nerve, and they were moved by a towering re 01 e...Th y
wer often ha ty, often mistaken, and ometim cruel.
But th y w re a much better than th carp t-bagg r
that they em d like angel by compari on."
The book contains four chapter on" ubduing th
R d M n." itting Bull wa a killful and educat d indian. "Forth to this great ncampm nt rod the gallant
uster with his little band...When th camag f that
dreadful mas acre was over not a ingle white man Iiv d
to tell the tale. Ooubtles many of them had b n tartur d
and murdered after they were captured, for their bodi
w re horribly mutilat d."
Fitzhugh devoted 16 chapt r to the Spani h-American War. it wa , of cour , a gloriou war." Idom had
uch rapid and enthu ia tic recruiting been known. Many
who wer turned away r turned to ren w their plea for
acceptanc in the growing ho t, and the hadow which
overhung the bu y camp wa not the hadow of death,
but the haunting fear that veninth eleventh hour Uncle
Sam might yet cheat his r tl
oldi r out of th
opportunity of dying for him." The other stereotype of
theearlierbookswer allinclud din"FromApp matto
to ermany" in great detail.
H re, th n, are th "unknown books of Percy K
Fitzhugh."
Fitzhugh wa a fine story tiler. H wa a flu nt writ r
(Continued on Pa e 16)
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NEWSBOY
September-October 1993
OTE
illiam D., "Th
wY rk: B
itzhugh,
uthor, Die at 73."
ew ork
"The Boys' Book of Scouts" (Crowell, 1917) is not
about Boy Scouts but contains short biographies of
20 American frontier scouts. American Indians, in
particular, are portrayed in a very unflattering light
and the book also reflects Fitzhugh's attitudes toward females and blacks found in his early books.
The Early Books of Percy K. Fitzhugh
"Uncle Sam's Outdoor Magic" (Harpers, 1916) introduces readers to such latter-day Bridgeboro, N.J.
Boy Scouts as Roy Blakeley, although Scouting does
not playa major role in this book.
1. Golden Rod Story Book'
2. The Story of John Paul Jones
3. The Story of Ethan Allen
4. The Story of Gen. FranCIS Marion
5. The Story of Gen. Richard Montgomery.
6. The Story of Gen. (Baron) DeKalb
7. The Story of Gen. Anthony Wayne
8. The Story of a Fight"
9. King Time
10. The Galleon Treasure
11. Along the Mohawk Trail
12. For Uncle Sam, Boss
13. In the Path of LaSalle
14. Uncle Sam's Outdoor MagiC
15. The Boys' Book of Scouts
16. From Appomattox to Germany
• This title has not been confmned.
.. Written under the pseudonym "Hugh Lloyd."
McLoughlin
McLoughlin
McLoughlin
McLoughlin
McLoughlin
McLoughlin
McLoughlin
McLoughlin
McLoughlin
Crowell
Crowell
Crowell
Crowell
Harpers
Crowell
Crowell
1906
1906
1906
1906
1906
1906
1906
1907
1908
1908
1912
1913
1914
1916
1917
1919
September-October 1993
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NEWSBOY
How Horatio Alger helped 'The Shadow'
by Jack Bale (PF-25 )
"Wh know what illurksintheheart ofmen?The
had w know!"
Th
two hilling ntenc ,accompanied by a mocking laugh and th haunting mu i of aint- aen '
mphale' pinning Wheel," ar probabl a familiar
to tho living in today' t I i i n a a th yare t
th e who Ii t n d p llbound to them on the radio
d cad a . Y t pri rt the lit rally hundr d fShadow
radio how, th r wer the hadow torie, written by
Walter B. ib on -- und r th p udonym Ma well
rant -- f r The hadow magazin .
Horati
I r'. publish r, tr t & mith} had much
to do with Th had w' birth. By th late 1920 ,on of
the firm' rna t popular magazin wa th Detective
tory agazine. In 1930, tre t & mith d cid d to
ad rti th publi ation n radi ,and
r Thur day
it pan or d a "0 t cti e tory Hour," in which a tory
from th magazin ' f rthc ming i u w uld b dramatiz d. The narrat r called him If liThe hadow," and
many Ii t ner ,in t ad f a king f r th Detective tory
Magazine at th ir new tand, a k d for th magazine
about Th hadow!
aturall ,th ditor at tr et & mith d cided that
th y hould immediat Iy tart u h a magazin ,and th y
turned to magician/journali t Walt r B. ib on, who for
10 ar had b n writing artic! about magic trick,
puzzl ,my t ri and magician, and had ev n gho t d
work for u h well-known magician a Houdini and
Black tn. A
ib on worked n hi plot, h realized
that h n d d a nam for The hadow' a istant. Al 0,
h wond r d wheth r the chapt r hould all b the same
length or hould th y vary according to the c ntent in
each.
ib on r call d y ar lat r:
ilL king f r a b ok that might rea a guideline, I
r call d that in my library of magic books I had two
nov I by Horati Alg r,Jr. --'Bound to Ri e' and 'Ri n
from th Ran '-- in which th young h ro had worked
for a whil a an a i tant to a magician. inc Alg r'
b oks had r c ntly b n r publi h d by tr et & mith,
I could a k for nothing b tter a a r fer nce. I picked th
qu I b cau it wa
tin larg r typ that ran about th
arne numb r of w rd t a pag a my double- paced
typ writt n pag .
". .. in e th book wa
. . . o'
.'
"'. 's
.:.,':=
.:
...
..'.
II
Editor' note: Tile I11l1strations and re earell materialfor til is article
were taken from Walter B. Gibson's "Tire SIladow Scrapbook,"
pllblislled by Harcollrt Brace Jouanouielr in 1979; otller re earell was
from Will Mllrray's ''Tile riueD'C1ock SIladow, " in /lIe Jllly-A IIg II t
1987 i slIe of Old Time Radio Dige t. Jack Bale served as editor
of ew boy from 1974 to 1986.
The
hadow.
The Shadow, as depicted by artist Tom Lovell in The
Shadow Scrapbook.
impIe but effective cour e of r introducing hi hero at
thev ry tart,nam ly,inth h adingofChapt r1.It aid
'HARRY WALTO ,'which truck m a the typ of
nam I want d for my hero. A f w chapter later, Harry
m t a new friend, 0 the author introduced him in the
am way. hapter 4 wa headed'
AR YIN ENT,'
another nice name. Rather than decide on one or th
other, I d cid d to borrow half from ach, 0 I nam d my
man Harry Vincent. If 1 hould ev r happen to m t a
r ai-life Harry Vinc nt and h a ks me why I took his
name, Ican tell him truthfully that I didn't, and I till hav
my Alger book to prov it.,,2
"Th Living Shadow" made its d but in pril 1931,
the first of 283 hadow nov I that ib on wa to writ .
The radio Shadow, played by Frank Readick, Jr., ontinu d hi narrativ until 1935. tr t & mith, b then
di ati fi d with the character, wanted a radi how
ba don ibon' torie,andth n w rie, tarring22year-old r on W lie a The hadow, premier d on
unday, ept. 26, 1937.
"The Death Hou e R cu f atur d The hadow'
(Continued 011 Pa e 1 )
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NEWSBOY
September-October 1993
How Horatio Alger helped 'The hadow
(Co/lti/1/1ed from Page 17)
Hart to a aninn ntmanfromth lectricchairand
wa traight ut of ib n' no I.
Futur pi d , how
r, w r tail r d for a radio
audi nc , and f w f Th hadow' tru t d op rativ
fr m th magtazin made it to radio. In the
nd
pi. d , "Th R d Ma aw ," airing on
t., 1 37,
ar at Lan r plac d Harry Vinc nt a Th hadow'
a nt and Lam nt ran ton wa
tabli hed a Th
had w' tru id ntity.
r th y ar , Horatio Alger i credit d with in piring many p opl. ow, Th hadow, one of Am ri a'
m t fam u crime fight r , join th ir ran !
OTE
1. tr t
mith wa n f th mar than ix dozen
firm whi h publi h d w rk by Horatio Iger throu huthi I n writingcar rdatingbacktoth early1 60,
and ontinuing with Iger r print I ng aft r hi death in
1 9. t th time f th d v I pm nt of The hadow
t ri , tr t & mith wa the main r print publi h r f
T,aitor's note6oot
tory' w can'U t
ar h, you will n te inJ hn
Ed<! Canl&r. "The Shadow Scrapbook"
Harry Vincent, who was The Shadow's able assistant,
got his name from a composite of two Horatio Alger
characters: Harry Walton and Oscar Vincent.
Ig r' boo , off ring th m in v ral pap rback ri ,
the large t being &' Alg r ri , which numb r d
more than 100 titl in two printing tarting in 1915.
2. "Th Shadow rapbook," pp. 4-5.
m ntion d in the auth r' 1950 ew York Time obituary. Hower, nob dy ha appar ntl
n a c pyof
this titl .
I a k d Dizer, "What if Fitzhugh ith r wa n't the ole
author (maybe contributing a tory or two to an omnibu
all cti n)orwhatifh wa dit r,ratherthan author?"
H .aid that wa po ible in light of Fitzhugh' known
ditor' r Ie with th 1910" v ry irl' Library."
oitwa back Bart yb rg' copy ftheUnited tate
Catalogue, thi time 1 king for a titl Ii ting rath r than
an author Ii ting. nd ther , plain a da , wa " J Id n
R d t r B k," publi h d b
L u hlin, WIth no
date Ii ted (1 a i a g d gue ).
That iv cr dibility t th
k,
although we v ill till Ii t it a "n t pr v n" until we
actuaLl find a c py. Al , b cau it wa not und r
Fitzhugh' author Ii ting, if h wa in olv d with the
bo k at all it upp rt th the r that h wa (1), n of
everal contributor; r (2), ditor instead f author.
11 f thi h w how enj yabl it i t put on our
deer talk r cap and pIa herlock H Ime !
In thi i ue: 0 n't v rI k th third (and final) part
of Brad ha e' 10 kat th Ig r fir t dition publi hed
at and H nr T.
at. Ala, th r '
b P rt r &
Diz r' itzhugh articl , plu. Jack Bal ' di cu ion of a
ann ti n b tw n Alg rand Th had w.
In ovember-December: Another" Ig r at Fir t
lanc " arti I , plus my ov r i w f Barb ur' b ks
and much, mll h m r !
September-October 1993
NEWSBOY
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
D ar r. ow n:
Enclo d i a h rt pi e n Jack and Mab I Barker'
Alg r oll ti n whi h w pok about r c ntly. I would
b v ry grateful if you could pubLi h thi in th ne t
ewsboy. A I ay in th article, Jack wanted hi collection u d, and Ican think of no bett r way of encouraging
that than by getting th word out to m mb r of the
Horatio Alger
iety.
Thank you for your h Ip with thi .
inc rely,
tephen Enni
Manu cript Librarian
and Literature Bibliographer
orge W. Woodruff Library
Emory Univer ity
Atlanta, A 30322
Editor' note: The article by Stephen
£1111 iss follows:
Emory University acquires Horatio Alger collection
M mb r of th Horati Alger ociety and friend of
the lat Jack Bark r wilJ b inter ted to know that Jack
and Mabel Bark r' xten i coll ction of Alger books,
rial and re ar h mat rial ha b en donat d to th
Rob rt W. Woodruff Library f mory Univ r ity. Jack
Barker, who pa d away la t y ar, wa known to many
memb r of th Horatio Ig r
i ty a an active r arch r into Al r publi hing hi tory, a contributor to
ew boy, and a committ d collector.
In th iT 40 year of coll cting, h and hi wif , Mabel,
a embl d a fin library of ov r 200 Alger books, including many carc fir t edition and fir t rial publications. Among th latter ar i u of The tudent and
choolmate, Glea on' Weekly and Glea on' Literary
Companion, aU featuring arly work of Alg r. The coiI ction al d um nt th r markabl growth in Alger'
popularity with numer u reprint dition from th
arly year of thi
ntury.
In hi in tructi n b for hi d ath, Jack Barker wrote,
"It i hop d that thi library, built up ov rap riod of
ome 40 y a ,will be k pt intaet a an inducement to
futur ch lar t valuat and proclaim the promin nt
part Horatio Alg r play din ur American lit rary h ritag .n Th gift of thi coli cti n to the Woodruff Library
n ur that thi coil cti n will ind d be pre erved for
ju t thi purpo .
Ie t d it m from th Bark r collection ar currentlyon hibit in th P cial 011 etion D partment f
the W druff Librar . F r mor information, write or
call: St ph n Enni ,Literatur Bibliographer, p cial
olle tion Departm nt, R b rt W. Woodruff Library,
Emory Uni r ity, Atlanta,
30322; (404) 727-68 7.
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Let. hear from youl Share your collecting experiences or other news of interest to fellow members by
writing to
sboy editor BUI Gowen at 923 South
Lake St., Apt. 6, Mundelein, Il60060. All letters are
published at the discretion of the editor in regard to
timellness and appropriateness of content, and are
also subject to editing.
Mr. Robert Ka per, Pr ident
Th Horatio Alger Society
585 E. St. Andrew Drive
Media, PA 19063
Dear Mr. Ka p r:
An area deal r gave me your name and addr
when
I wa brow ing in hi bookstor
me time ago. I had told
him that an old addre I had for th Horatio Alger
i ty had led me to a dead nd, and that I wa int re t d in finding om current officer .
My inter t in Horatio Alg r Jr. is not only b au I
am a coll ctor, although I hay quite a few Alg r volum . I am th author of a forthcoming b k on Alger
entitled "The Fictional Republic: Horatio AI er and
Am rican Political Di cour ," which will be publi h d
by
ford Univer ity Pr 5 thi fall.
I w uld welcom an opportunity to m t you, to tell
you a bit about my proj et and to make the e i t nc of
this new book known to int r t d coil etor and m mb r of the Horatio Alger Society. I would al 0 like to
ub ribe to ew boy if it is till b ing publish d (I have
onlyocca ionally b n able to look at copie, uch a the
on in which Gary chambor t and Jack Bal put
tog ther Alger's travel corre pondence from Europ ).
r wa thrilled to h ar that you liv n ar my n w
community. I look forward to talking with you!
incer ly,
arol ackenoff
A ociat Profe or
Department of Political ience
warthmor ollege
warthmore, PA 190 1-1397
Editors note: Cnrol ackenoff(PF-921)ha ubsequel1tlYJoil1ed
the Horatio Alger Society. A hart ab tract ofher new book follows.
1l1formlltiol1 all how to order ti,e bookfrom Oxford Ul1lVer ity Pre ,
and the price, will be published ill an upcomil1g i sue of ew: boy.
The Fictional Republic:
Horatio Alger and American Political Discourse
Carol Nackenoff. Swarthmore College
"The Fictional Republic inv tigat th p r i t nc
and place of the formula of Horatio Alg r in American
politic . Raing the Alger tory in it
ild d Ag
(Conti/1ued 0/1 Pa e 20)
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September-October 1993
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
(COli t ill ued from
Page 19)
ont t, arol ackenoH argu that Iger ob r ed th
nomi pitfall f th rapidly indu di 1 ati nand
trializing nation, and died a t f ymbol that addr ed an ieti about p w rand id ntity. A cla
w r increa ingly differ ntiat din walth, lif chan e ,
r id n e pac and cultur , Alg r maintain d that
m rican could till b long to n e tat . Th t ry of
th youth who face thr at to hi irtu, pow r, ind p nd nce and identity tand a an allegory of the R public.
ack noff examine h w th Alg r f rmula ontinu to
hap political di cour in Ragan' Am rica and b yond."
ample) was titled" ick art r' Pulp ar r."
Th ympo ium al 0 includ d a talk by
artha
Han on, pr rvation admini trator for th
yracu
Univer ity Library, who di u d her d partm nt'
Hort to pre er
and cons r
th
tr et & mith
archive, many 1 ment of whi h are in tr m Iy fragil ondition. Th library i applying for a rant to
provide funding for microfilming (b th black & whit
and color), with digital te hnology ( canning) al 0 part of
th library' pre rvati n gam plan.
Th ympo ium conclud d by br aking into thr e
di cu ion group, who th n har d idea c nc rning the
relation hip that hould xi t b tw n librarie' p cial
cLItion and r arch r . Th qu ti n a k d w r :
1. How can librari b tter rv r earch r , and
what can re archer and 011 t r do f r librari ?
2. What i the futur f the Dim
ov 1 , Pulp and
rie B ok field and what ar a r main f r fruitful
r arch?
3. In what f rmat w uJd r arch r lik to
material pr erved?
4. h uld librarie c rdinat c 11 etion d
pm nt
during thi p riod of car r urc? How imp rtant i
ar her'
ographicallocati n a a n id
hoo ing a location t i it?
5. r th r otIt r kind f iable communi ation
a ide from curr ntjournal and n witter? hat ab ut
computer rnmunicati n?
Following a n ral di cu i n n th
and oth r
topi (in ludin wh nand wh r to hold the ne t ympo ium) the m tin adj urn d" ith many of th att ndhading for Utica at th invit ti n f Mari and J hn
Diz r, 0 that all could hav an pportuinity to i w
John'
t n iv 011 ti n.
o racu e '93 i hi tor , with the ne t get-tog th r
f thi gr up t for th annual A AlP A m ting in
April at hicag' Palm r H u .