Albert W. Aiken Explained

Albert W. Aiken (1846–1894) was an American actor and writer of plays and dime novels.^[1] He was a prolific writer of pulp fiction for Beadle and Adams.^[2]

His plays included The Witches of New York.^{[3] [4]}

Aiken was the younger brother of George Aiken, best known for his popular adaptation of Uncle Tom's Cabin for the stage, and was also a cousin of the famous clown George Fox.^[1]

External links

• The Brigand Captain, or The Prairie Pathfinder (1877) (via archive.org)
• Gold Dan, or Dick Talbot in Utah (1898) (via archive.org)

Notes and References

1. https://www.ulib.niu.edu/badndp/aiken_albert.html The House of Beadle and Adams
2. Pecek, Louis George The Beadle Story Papers, 1870-1897, p. 52 (1959)
3. (8 November 1869). A New Star, Wheeling Daily Register, p. 3, col. 3.
4. (7 November 1872). Albert W. Aiken, Daily State Journal (Alexandria, Virginia), p. 1, col. 4.