Frank Reade

Dime Western Novels In this interesting novel well worth the dime, our main character, Frank Reade, chases a gang of characters known as the James boys in a mechanical-horse drawn carriage. In this novel our characters are searching for the supposed hidden treasure of a wealthy family. In this time period novels cost a dime, and were written so they sounded believable. This story seems to me to be pretty believable, certain inventions seemed a …

…Harlequin Romances. Such as the mystical characters, Harlequin Romances would have given all details possible for any character in the novel. Also the underlying plots; Harlequin Romances may have side plots that include a different group of characters and will have them conjoin in the end. Finally most Harlequin Romances end in an uplifting manner as opposed to this novel which ends with the death of the professor and the escape of the James Brothers.