From: gudy2shu@dontemailme.com   
      
   In article <1164732917.291661.81090@l39g2000cwd.googlegroups.com>,   
   dmatthews03@sympatico.ca says...   
      
   >Right.  I grew up in England where the "Sudden" books of Oliver Strange   
   >were immensely popular,  in continental Europe the western novels of   
   >Hans May were best sellers.   
      
   One of the most popular dime novelists of the 1800s   
   in the USA was "Ned Buntline" who by coincidence   
   "invented" the Buntline revolver manufactured by Colt.   
      
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Buntline   
      
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