tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500704922792766299.post8069189619026674770..comments2024-03-28T10:05:19.428-07:00Comments on Yesterday’s Papers: The Boys’ Champion (1881-1883)john adcockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02601087030921802835noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500704922792766299.post-20780447839558439762011-08-07T09:06:16.664-07:002011-08-07T09:06:16.664-07:00Hi John
Yes, more than likely Leon Leroy was a st...Hi John<br /><br />Yes, more than likely Leon Leroy was a stage name or a pseudonym whose name should have resinated with the public. However, it appears that the new named publication did not last but for a few issues, at best, before being absorbed with the Boy's Champion whose days were also numbered. <br />JoeJoe Rainonenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500704922792766299.post-717479128144929102011-08-03T16:42:21.287-07:002011-08-03T16:42:21.287-07:00Thanks Joe. Unable to find any author using the na...Thanks Joe. Unable to find any author using the name Leon Leroy I would guess its a pseudonym. May be that Leroy was a popular music hall type who 'lent' his name to the boys story paper.john adcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02601087030921802835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500704922792766299.post-1975714126697431932011-08-03T15:23:20.684-07:002011-08-03T15:23:20.684-07:00Hey John
What a wonderful article....here is what...Hey John<br /><br />What a wonderful article....here is what I uncovered, and my blurb which will appear in the DNRU some time next year when the Dime Novel Sketches, originally started by Ed LeBlanc. has a revival. Note the unknown story paper, titled: Leon Leroy's New York Boys." Question is...who was Leon Leroy?<br />Great posting! Thanks again! <br /><br />Beginning on Oct. 1, 1881Joe Rainonenoreply@blogger.com