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  1. Melodramatic paperback novel of a series
  2. started in the US in the 1850s by Erastus F
  3. Beadle and frequently dealing with frontier
  4. adventure. Like British `penny dreadfuls',
  5. dime novels attained massive sales. Dime
  6. novels were especially popular with troops
  7. during the American Civil War. The `Nick
  8. Carter' Library added detective stories to
  9. the genre.
  10.