Gilbert Patten
(1) Blackbeard, Bill. “That nonpareil All-American boy reaches age 80”. Smithsonian Magazine, June 1976.
(2) Colby, Bob. “Corinna’s Gilbert Patten, The Dime Novel King”. Memories of Maine Magazine, Maine Highlands Edition, Spring 2009.
(3) Cutler, John Levi. “Gilbert Patten And His Frank Merriwell Saga”. The Maine Bulletin, Vol. 36, No. 10, May 1934. Orono, Maine: University Press, 1934.
(4) Gardner, Ralph D.. “Alger Heros, the Merriwells, Et Al!”. The Princeton University Library Chronicle, Vol 30 No. 2 (Winter 1969), pp. 103-109. Princton University Library. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26403725 (Accessed September 8, 2021)
(5) Patten, Gilbert. “A Bad Man”, Beadle’s Weekly, Vol III, No. 127, April 18, 1885, page 6. Northern Illinois University, “Nickels And Dimes: From The Collections Of Johannsen And Leblanc” web site. https://dimenovels.lib.niu.edu/islandora/object/dimenovels%3A119056, (Scan of original magazine, accessed September 2021).
(6) Patten, Gilbert. “The Pride of Sandy Flat”, Beadle’s Weekly, Vol. III, No 130, May 9, 1885, page 8. Northern Illinois University, “Nickels And Dimes: From The Collections Of Johannsen And Leblanc” web site. https://dimenovels.lib.niu.edu/islandora/object/dimenovels%3A118975 (Scan of original magazine, accessed September 2021).
(7) Patten, Gilbert. “Frank Merrriwell’s “Father”, An Autobiography By Gilbert Patten (“Burt L. Standish”)”, edited by Harriet Hinsdale, assisted by Tony London. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1964.
(8) Patten, Gilbert William 1866-1945; Maine State Library; and Standish, Burt L. 1866-1945, “Burt L. Standish Correspondence” (2015). Maine Writers Correspondence. 592. http://digitalmaine.com/maine_writers_correspondence/592 (Accessed September 2021)
(9) University of Minnesota, Driven to Discover, Libraries web site. “Dime Novels, Story Papers, Series Books, and Pulps”. https://libguides.umn.edu/dime-novels-story-papers. (Accessed September 2021).
(10) Frank Merriwell book covers – from various online sources – To find search “dime novel” at duckduckgo.com
(11) CensusRecords.com web site. Search for Willie G. Patten at https://www.censusrecords.com/Search?FirstName=Willie&LastName=Patten&State=Maine (Accessed October 2021)
(12) Library of Congress, Chronicling America Historic American Newspapers. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn93058837/ (Accessed December 29, 2021).
(13) Who2 Biographies web site. “Gilbert Patten Biography”. https://www.who2.com.bio/gilbert-patten. Acessed May 5, 2023
(14) Historical Association The voice of history. “American Dime Novels 1860 – 1915”
American Dime Novels 1860-1915 / Historical Association (history.org.uk) By Anne- Marie Pope, Accessed November 10, 2923
(15) https://www.pittsfieldhistoricalsociety.org/the-pittsfield-advertiser/ The Pittsfield Advertiser – Pittsfield Historical Society
(16) Corinna Herald / Weekly Herald | Corinna, Maine | Maine State Library (digitalmaine.com) download of PDF copy of the Weekly Herald of July 31, 1879
(17) Cutler, John Levi, “The Dean of Dime Novelists and the Merriwell Saga, or, The Life and Career of William Gilbert Patten” (1933). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 3342.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/etd/3342
OTHER SOURCES FROM THE WEB
10 Best Books by Gilbert Patten | TheReviewGeek Recommends
13 September 2023 by Reyan Mishra
https://www.thereviewgeek.com/bestbooks-gilbertpatten/
The Edward T. LeBlanc Memorial Dime Novel Bibliography
List of all books written by Gilbert Patten
https://dimenovels.org/Person/181/Show
American Heritage web site
by Stewart H. Holbrook June 1961
Frank Merriwell At Yale Again And Again And Again
https://www.americanheritage.com/frank-merriwell-yale-again-and-again-and-again
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