Beadle's Half Dime Library No. 277, November 14, 1882, featuring ""Denver Doll the Detective Queen"
Author
Edward Lytton Wheeler
Genre
Western, detective
Published
1882
Denver Doll is a fictional character created by Edward Lytton Wheeler, author of the Deadwood Dick dime novels.[1][2] She originally appeared in four novels in Beadle's Half-Dime Library, which were reprinted in the Beadle's Pocket Library, Deadwood Dick Library and in Aldine Boys' First-Rate Pocket Library in England.
Denver Doll was the first complete American female detective novel.[3] The first American lady detective to appear in print was Lady Kate, the Dashing Female Detective in the Fireside Companion beginning in August 1882, but the story was not completed until the December issue.[3]
Because of the scarcity of the original Denver Doll novel, some scholars could not determine her status in the appearance timeline.[4] Her age is not given, except to say that she is older than 18 years of age, and is a sharpshooter, card player and disguise artist.
The first dime novel appearance described her: She had "rich brown hair fell in rippling waves half way to her waist. A plumed slouch hat of snow white; an elegant suit of gray, and patent leather top boots, with a diamond studded 'boiled' shirt, collar, and a sash about her waist beneath the coat made up her costume, and gave her an appearance at once dashing, and characteristic of the wild roving existence she led."[2] In the novel "Denver Doll's Drift" she is revealed to be a mine-owner.[5]
^"EDWARD L. WHEELER". www.ulib.niu.edu. Archived from the original on December 18, 2013. Retrieved November 27, 2013.
^ abBeadle's Half-Dime Library, Vol. XI. No. 277, November 14, 1882, "Denver Doll the Detective Queen; or, Yankee Eisler's Big Surround"
^ abDenver Doll the Detective Queen by Joseph Lovece, Createspace, 2014, www.amazon.com/Denver-Detective-Queen-Revival-Volume/dp/149971646X/
^Klein, Kathleen Gregory (September 4, 1995). The Woman Detective: Gender & Genre. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 9780252064630 – via Google Books.
^Beadle's Half Dime Library Vol. XI. No. 296, "Denver Doll's Drift; or, The Road Queen's Big Campaign" by Edward L. Wheeler
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