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Chronicling America is a searchable digital collection of historic newspaper pages through 1963 sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress.
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Also, see the Directory of U.S. Newspapers in American Libraries, a searchable index to newspapers published in the United States since 1690, which helps researchers identify what titles exist for a specific place and time, and how to access them.
Another adventurous novel by Jules Verne, Michael Strogoff: The Courier of the Czar followed the thrilling story of Michael Strogoff as he travels through Tartar-invaded Siberia. Following its popularity, the book was republished in newspapers, expanded into a play and even had a movie adaptation. Read more about it!
The information in this guide focuses on primary source materials found in the digitized historic newspapers from the digital collection Chronicling America.
The timeline below highlights important dates related to this topic and a section of this guide provides some suggested search strategies for further research in the collection.
| 1876 | The novel, Michael Strogoff: The Courier of the Czar is published. |
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| June 12, 1902 | The “Michael Strogoff” play is shown at the Chewing Gum Matinee. |
| July 30, 1902 | The Paducah Sun newspaper begins republishing the novel in its entirety as part of a series. |
| 1914 | “Michael Strogoff” is adapted into movie. |
