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heroine, is one of the most interesting characters ever delineated, and her exploits surpass in boldness and brilliancy the most gallant exploits ever performed. This book is acknowledged by all who have read it to be the very best romantic history of the stirring incidents of our
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A painter should have seen her there, her person modestly veiled yet displaying her form in most ravishing distinctness; her breast heaving with suppressed emotions, and her hands clasped and raised to Heaven. Her features were after the
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Ballou originally published the book in 1844 under the pseudonym "Lieutenant Murray". It quickly became popular, selling 80,000 copies at twenty-five cents each in just a few months: Sixteen years after its initial publication, an 1860 ad by publisher
Frederic Brady said "Fanny Campbell, the
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artwork that continued for several decades in the 19th century. Fanny
Campbell scrimshaw continued to be popular in the 21st century, with one 19th century whale's tooth carved with a picture of Fanny Campbell selling for $ 5,000 at
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ship. The popularity of its heroine continued long after the book was published, with some writers publishing accounts of Fanny
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was based on actual historical figures and circumstances. "Ballou's adaptation takes the true story of Fanny and makes it strange," she writes. Author Dr.
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