Book/ Radio/ TV Series Review: The Lone Ranger

The Lone Ranger Rides

By Fran Striker

Rating:  4 out of 10

    Hold onto your hats as you read this rip-roaring tale!  Filled with intrigue, action, and gun-slinging cow punchers who use colorful language and bleed freely, this story will keep you on the edge of your seats!  Look out for the blazing six-guns as you--- but wait:  is this the kind of book Christians should be reading?

Why I don't recommend The Boxcar Children or The Rover Boys: The Dangers of Dime Novels

The Dime Novel

I have been wanting to write about the problem of dime novels for a long time, but have never actually begun recording my thoughts until now, though my sisters have heard several long dissertations on the subject. The reason I am writing this now, is because I see many dime novels being extolled as "fast paced adventure stories", "classic childrens' literature", and the like. Lately there seems to have been a movement to bring back some of the dime novel series of the past, repackage them, and market them to homeschoolers.