reference to
Deadwood Dick, a popular
dime novel hero of the 1890s, created by Edward L. Wheeler. Once a bandit,
Deadwood Dick became a
stage driver and detective.
Deadwood refers to the town of
Deadwood,
South Dakota in the US. See also
dime novel in this glossary.
reference to
Deadwood Dick, a popular
dime novel hero of the 1890s, created by Edward L. Wheeler. Once a bandit,
Deadwood Dick became a
stage driver and detective.
Deadwood refers to the town of
Deadwood,
South Dakota in the US. See also
dime novels in this glossary.
a
reference to
Deadwood Dick, a hero of a
series of
dime-
novel adventure stories popular in the United
States between the
late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. (A
dime novel is an inexpensive sensational paperback
novel, popular around the mid-1800s to the early 1900s and originally
costing ten cents.) The
character was created by
American author Edward L. Wheeler in the 1800s and is said to have been based on
Richard W. Clark, a colorful prospector and
gambler of the city of
Deadwood,
South Dakota, who became an
Indian fighter, a Pony
Express rider and a scout for US
General Custer (1839-1876).