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Person Detail: Erastus F Beadle

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Full Name: Erastus F Beadle
Biography:
Publisher. "The Youth's Casket: An Illustrated Magazine for Children." Known as the inventor of the dime novel: paperback books, published in large numbers. His publishing house employed over 25 writers. It expanded to become the publishing house of "The Boy's Library," "The Pocket Library," and "The Half-Dime Library."
Author's Timeline:
1821 Oswego County
Born in Oswego County, NY 
1894 Otsego County
Beadle died in Cooperstown, New York in 1894. 
1851 Erie County
"The Youth's Casket:"
 
1827 Chautauqua County
 
1858 New York County
 
1847 Erie County
Moved to Buffalo. 
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