Luis Senarens 2 hr 17 min read

Public excitement mounts when word spreads that Frank Reade Jr. means to cross the Great American Desert aboard his wonderful Steam Horse.

Luis Senarens's 1892 dime novel, under the 'Noname' byline, is an early Frank Reade invention-adventure featuring the series' signature mechanical steed. Fast, illustrated juvenile SF. Read it for classic pulp thrills, a teen inventor and his steam horse braving the burning desert.

In its time

Published in 1892, during the 1890s, wells arrives.

Reading it

2 hr 17 min read (a novella, a full arc in one sitting or two).