Alice Wilde the Raftsman's Daughter, A Forest Romance: A Reprint of the Classic Beadle Dime Novel

Metta V. Victor

ISBN 10: 0762740809 / ISBN 13: 9780762740802

Published by Twodot, 2006

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Alice Wilde the Raftsman's Daughter, A Forest Romance: A Reprint of the Classic Beadle Dime Novel
• Publisher: Twodot
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0762740809
• ISBN 13: 9780762740802
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: very_good

About this title

Synopsis

Metta V. Victor's, Alice Wilde: The Raftsman's Daughter, was one of a number of women's books in the dime-novel genre that told a love story against the background of the romantic Wild West. First issued in 1860, this is the story of rich, cultivated Philip More, who loses his fortune--and thus his girl--in New York City and heads west to find himself and seek his fortune anew. There, he meets the charming, but unrefined, daughter of the man who runs the mill where he finds employment--the appropriately named Alice Wilde. What happens to bring the two together over the considerable obstacles that separate them makes for a timeless story.

About the Author

Metta W. Victor was one of Beadle's most faithful writers, composing hundreds of books under her own name and under pen names for the Dime Novel publisher. She was born in Erie, Pennsylvania on March 2, 1831. Her first story, "The Silver Lute" was published in the local newspaper when she was just thirteen years old, and by the time she was fifteen, she had penned more than ten romance stories. Known as one of the most popular and charming wrters of her time, she was also an editor for the Beadle dime novels and wrote poems sketches, and stories for other publishers. The novels she wrote for Beadle were praised by Abraham Lincoln.