Dime Novels and Pulp Westerns
This episode describes dime novels also known as penny dreadful and pulp westerns. The term dime novel refers to the quickly written, sensationalized, short novels that sprang up after the Civil War.
Americans were ready for a little diversion from the war years and were interested in the lives of the American outlaw, Indian tribes and more. In order to sell the novels, dime novel authors wrote more fiction than fact and this same information would leak into history books and newspaper articles. This is one of the reasons why it is so hard to research the lives of these early outlaws.
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This episode describes dime novels also known as penny dreadful and pulp westerns. The term dime novel refers to the quickly written, sensationalized, short novels that sprang up after the Civil War.
Americans were ready for a little diversion from the war years and were interested in the lives of the American outlaw, Indian tribes and more. In order to sell the novels, dime novel authors wrote more fiction than fact and this same information would leak into history books and newspaper articles. This is one of the reasons why it is so hard to research the lives of these early outlaws.
On Demand Performance - KXNM archives Archaeology In Your Backyard as MP3 files, allowing you to listen to your favorite shows on demand, whenever you choose. Click on the audio file below to hear Dime Novels and Pulp Westerns, or click on the Download File to read the whole story.
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