The Heart of Oak Detective: A Romance of Texan Toughs and Texan Trails by E.A. St. Mox, a pseudonym of Edward S. Ellis. Cleveland, Ohio: Arthur Westbrook Company, no date. American Detective Series no. 32, 235pp. In the 19th and early 20th century fiction issued in cheap paperback editions and selling for a dime or fifteen cents became known as dime novels. Most were quickly written westerns, pirate and other adventure tales, detective stories and so forth. "Mox" was one of many pseudonyms used by Ellis [1840-1916], a very prolific dime novelist. See Wikipedia entries on Ellis and the dime novel for more information. Mild chipping on spine. This copy is in good condition, front and back cover attached, binding tight. Only markings are ownership stamped AND written which date indicates I bought this book in 1963 when I was 11 years old.