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&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Boysstar366.jpg) The Boys' Star Library No. 366, 1895 featuring "The Boy Lion Fighter; or, Jack Wright in the Swamps of Africa" | |
| Author | Noname (Luis Senarens) |
|---|---|
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Published | 1895 |
Jack Wright was the hero of a popular series of Victorian science fiction dime novels and story papers written by Luis Senarens, the so-called "American Jules Verne".[1] A few stories are also credited to Francis W. Doughty.[2] Jack appeared in original stories from in 1891 to 1896 in 120 novels.[3] He first appeared in The Boys' Star Library No. 216, July 18, 1891, "Jack Wright, the Boy Inventor; or, Hunting for a Sunken Treasure".
Senarens also popularized the Frank Reade dime novel series, having taken the reins from Harry Enton (real name Harold Cohen). Jack Wright appeared in Frank Tousey's Boys of New York and Boys' Star Library, and then migrated to Golden Weekly and Happy Days story papers. These stories were later reprinted in the dime novel Pluck and Luck. Jack Wright is one of the so-called Edisonade characters. The stories were reprinted by Aldine in the UK first in the Cheerful Library and then in the Invention, Travel & Adventure Library.
- ^ Science And Invention, October 1920, "An American Jules Verne"
- ^ Dime Novels
- ^ Randolph Cox, J. (2000). The Dime Novel Companion: A Source Book. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9780313256745.