Joe Phenix, private detective, or, The league of the skeleton keys: a most unnatural, improbable story of life in our modern Babylon, New York, and yet as true as truth itself, a story of hidden crime--of the dark serpent that lies in wait behind the shadow of society, hidden by a screen of lies, ready to prey on youth, innocence and wealth, a story of highways and byways, of Satanic-like rascals and of the secret agents of the law, who, shadow-like, follow ever on the trail of guilt
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- 1880-12-15
- Description
by Albert W. Aiken.
At head of title: "The man of many disguises!"
Title from page 2.
Printed in triple columns.
"December 15, 1880."--Caption.
Illustration engraved by N. Orr Co.
Johannsen, A. House of Beadle and Adams and its dime and nickel novels, v. 1, p. 208, no. 112.
- Creator
Aiken, Albert W., 1846-1894
- Contributing Institution
- Northern Illinois University
- Collection
- Nickels and Dimes
- Subjects
- Murder
Investigation
English
Grave robbing
French
Sailors
Lawyers
Corruption
Life insurance
Insurance fraud
Fugitives from justice
Secret societies
Female offenders
Lookalikes - Location
- New York (N.Y.)
- Type
- text
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Use of this public-domain resource is unrestricted, however, attribution is customary and requested.
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- Chicago citation style
- Aiken, Albert W., 1846-1894. Joe Phenix, private detective, or, The league of the skeleton keys: a most unnatural, improbable story of life in our modern Babylon, New York, and yet as true as truth itself, a story of hidden crime--of the dark serpent that lies in wait behind the shadow of society, hidden by a screen of lies, ready to prey on youth, innocence and wealth, a story of highways and byways, of Satanic-like rascals and of the secret agents of the law, who, shadow-like, follow ever on the trail of guilt. 1880-12-15. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://dimenovels.lib.niu.edu/islandora/object/dimenovels%3A154318. (Accessed March 28, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Aiken, Albert W., 1846-1894, (1880-12-15) Joe Phenix, private detective, or, The league of the skeleton keys: a most unnatural, improbable story of life in our modern Babylon, New York, and yet as true as truth itself, a story of hidden crime--of the dark serpent that lies in wait behind the shadow of society, hidden by a screen of lies, ready to prey on youth, innocence and wealth, a story of highways and byways, of Satanic-like rascals and of the secret agents of the law, who, shadow-like, follow ever on the trail of guilt. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://dimenovels.lib.niu.edu/islandora/object/dimenovels%3A154318
- MLA citation style
- Aiken, Albert W., 1846-1894. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <https://dimenovels.lib.niu.edu/islandora/object/dimenovels%3A154318>.