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The brief plot follows Hilton Ragsdale, whose cousin Olive Chester is murdered, leading him to Cheyenne City, Wyoming. Discussion centers on gender roles, emphasizing idealized male behavior and women’s stereotyped expectations, while also examining racism in portrayals of Native Americans. The paper concludes by identifying the antagonist and provides citation sources for the series and illustrations.","Dime Novel Project  \nPresented by Katie George and Sara Steves ENGL 3308-002 April 6, 2017  \nDime Novel Introduction  \n➢ Title: The Lawyer Detective  ORThe Mystery at Three Oaks Ranch  \n➢ Author: Will Winch  \n➢ Series: Old Captain Collier Library  \n○ (1883-1899)➢ Publisher: Munro’s Publishing House, NYC  \n○ Est. 1870 by Norman Munro ➢ Publication Date: August 4, 1890  \n“Great detective stories in book form. Each one complete”  \n(Description of the series. Found on the cover of the dime novel)  \nCover Illustration  \nBrief Plot Summary   \n➢ Main character is a young and handsome lawyer’s clerk/ detective named Hilton Ragsdale ➢ His cousin Olive Chester has been murdered  \n➢ He travels to Cheyenne City, Wyoming to avenge her death  \n➢ Visits Olive Chester’s mother (his Aunt Julia) and her new step-daughter, Rena  \n➢ Initial most likely suspect is lover, Evard Demming  \n➢ Locket is found with photo of Olive and a man (not Demming) inside ➢ It is revealed that Olive has a second lover, named Worthland Rivers ➢ Rivers confesses to Ragsdale that he is guilty of the crime,  \nbut then rescinds his confession and flees ➢ The true circumstance of Olive’s death is revealed:  \n○ Demming and Rivers duel for Olive’s love, but she jumps between them in an attempt to interfere. One of the bullets  \naccidentally strikes her in the forehead and kills her. Worthland Rivers up to this point that it was his bullet that killed her, but it was actually Demming's.  \n➢ Story concludes with the arrest of Evard Demming  \nDime Novel Discussion-Main Theme  \nMain Theme: Gender ➢ Males  \n○ Ragsdale  \n■ Ideal male role model  \n■ Gets the girl  \n○ Demmings  \n■ “The man addressed was not He was a smaller man with and blue eyes. . .”(Winch 7)  \n■ Ends up being the bad guy  \nhandsome. delicate features  \nDime Novel Discussion-Main Theme  \nMain Theme: Gender ➢ Females  \n○ Stereotypical role for women  \n○ “‘Have dinner on the table for us when we get back, Nancy,’ ordered the colonel”(Winch 4) .  \n○ “You must obey me, Julia, else I’ll make life too hot for your comfort, remember that”(Winch 6) .  \n○ Only sees some of the males as suspicious, doesn’t look at any of the women as suspects  \n■ Refuses to believe Rena was involved because she is a delicate woman ○ Rena is constantly described based on her physical beauty  \nMinor Theme-Racism  \nRacism  \n➢ How other Native Americans are portrayed in this dime novel ➢ “The fellow was about twenty, with tawny skin, black eyes, and long straight hair, like and Indian’s”(Winch 4) .  \n➢ Ragsdale refers to Benay Flash as a “half breed”  \nseveral times in the novel because he is half Native American ➢ “And, too, he could now account for the deep tint on the cheek  \nof Miss Mindora Flash. There was Indian blood in her veins. He hated the race and the feelings that had suddenly aroused in his bosom fell as suddenly to zero”(Winch 13)  \nWorks Cited  \n➢ “Special Collections and Archives” Dime Novels and Penny Dreadfuls Collection. Kent State University Department of Special Collections and Archives, 2004. Web. 03 Apr. 2017.  \n➢ Winch, Will. The Lawyer Detective. Old Cap. Collier Library, 379, August 4, 1890.66 ➢ “Munro Starts Publishing House.” Stanford University, n.d. 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