Jack Rabbit, the Prairie Sport, or, The Wolf Children of the Llano Estacado by Joseph E. Badger, Jr.

Juvenile Literature

Joseph Edward Badger, 1848-1909

Jack Rabbit, the Prairie Sport, or, The Wolf Children of the Llano Estacado by Joseph E. Badger, Jr.

New York: Beadle & Adams, Publishers, 1876.

Badger began contributing Dime Novels to journals like the New York Weekly and other Beadle & Adams publications from as early as 1870, mostly under his own name or as “Harry Hazard.” He was astonishingly prolific, writing over 350 juveniles, such as Night-hawk Kit: or, The daughter of the ranch (1871); Old Bull's-Eye, the lightning shot of the plains (1876); The prairie ranch: or, The young cattle herders (1882), and Mustang Sam: or, The mad rider of the plains. A romance of Apache land (1874).

The dime novels were a commodity like any other in the Gilded Age, meant for mass distribution and consumption, and they were extremely influential in creating the mythic west, leading in due course in the 20^th century to western movies, radio programs, and TV shows.

Joseph Edward Badger, 1848-1909

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