biography
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Beadle, Erastus (Flavel)
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| male
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| lived:
| (1821–94)
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| biography:
| Publisher, born in Pierstown, New York, USA. Establishing a printing business in 1852, he published popular songbooks and the first ‘dime novels’ - inexpensive, paper-bound, fast-paced adventure novels with heroes such as Nick Carter and Deadwood Dick. |
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