11. Dime novels were the 19th-century equivalent of today's slice-and-splatter videos.12. As the popularity of dime novels increased, original stories came to be the norm. 13. Dime novels played an initial role in mythologizing the West.14. Even in the 19th century, dime novels glorified cowboy life. 15. A dime novel was intended to be read for pleasure. 16. These stories were later reprinted in the dime novel " Pluck and Luck ". 17. Violent passages in dime novels involving shoot-outs and scalping are common among these heroes. 18. The first profitable mass literature in America was the dime novel , which emerged in 1860. 19. James was among the most notorious Old West outlaws, his exploits sensationalized in dime novels . 20. In the late 1940s and early 1950s, collecting dime novels became popular, and prices soared.
