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ack Wright and His Electric Stage; Or, Leagued Against the James Boys
Author: Noname
Year: 2009
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 560 KB
Language: English

Jack Wright was the hero of a popular series of Victorian science fiction dime novels and story papers written by Luis Senarens the socalled American Jules Verne A few stories are also credited to Francis W Doughty Jack appeared in original stories from in 1891 to 1896 for a total of 121 stories Luis Philip Senarens 18631939 who wrote under the pseudonyms Police Captain Howard and Noname was an American dime novel writer specializing in science fiction once called the American Jules Verne He grew up in a CubanAmerican family in Brooklyn He took over the Frank Reade adventure story series around 1882 introducing Frank Reade Jr as the new main character and adding elements such as electricity They were highly successful and by the 1890s he was asked by publisher Frank Tousey to write a similar series featuring Jack Wright the Boy Inventor Mike Ashley calls him the first prolific writer of science fiction He would eventually write more than 300 dime novels In 1917 Senarens became the editor of the Tousey detective story periodical Mystery Magazine His works include The Girl Detective 1882 The Mystery of One Night 1882 Young Vidocq 1882 Frank Reade Jr and His Steam Wonder 1884 Frank Reade Jr in the Clouds 1885 Across the Continent on Wings 1886 The Electric Man or Frank Reade Jr in Australia 1887 and Frank Reade Jr and His Electric Team 1888

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