Another JWB Myth?

[Gene C]

The old story of JWB and Beale actually goes back to 1869 or thereabouts (maybe earlier) when it appeared in an old yellow-backed novel entitled The Bloody Junto by Robert Haskins Crozier - a penny dreadful.

You always amaze me how you find these things. Is this a recent find? I have never collected "penny dreadful's" Are they difficult to find?

I did find this interesting web site of the Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/tri015.html
and Standford University site http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/dp/pennies/home.html

Thanks Betty. You opened up another new world that I'm not sure I have time to explore. But I can have some fun looking.