LYCOS RETRIEVER 
Dime Novels
built 645 days ago
With their rakish characters, sensationalist plots, improbable adventures and objectionable language (like swell and golly), dime novels in their heyday were widely considered a threat to the morals of impressionable youth. Roundly criticized by church leaders and educators of the time, these short, quick-moving, pocket-sized publications were ... inevitably, wildly popular with readers of all ages.
Source:
MORE ABOUT
Characters