The Oakdale Affair is a short novel by contemporary mystery Edgar Rice Burroughs. It was written in 1917 under the working title of "Bridge and the Oskaloosa Kid," and is a partial sequel to The Mucker (1914/1916) Bridge, the protagonist, Having Been a secondary character in the Earlier work. It was first published in Blue Book Magazine in March 1918. Its first book publication it Paired With An unrelated tale, "The Rider," in The Oakdale Affair and The Rider, issued by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. in February 1937 and ...
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The Oakdale Affair is a short novel by contemporary mystery Edgar Rice Burroughs. It was written in 1917 under the working title of "Bridge and the Oskaloosa Kid," and is a partial sequel to The Mucker (1914/1916) Bridge, the protagonist, Having Been a secondary character in the Earlier work. It was first published in Blue Book Magazine in March 1918. Its first book publication it Paired With An unrelated tale, "The Rider," in The Oakdale Affair and The Rider, issued by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. in February 1937 and subsequently reprinted Grosset & Dunlap by in 1937, 1938 and 1940. The story's first independent book publication was in a paperback edition from Ace Books in July 1974. Subsequent Were hardcover editions issued by Buccaneer (1977) and Ameron; a paperback edition was issued subsequent by Charter (1979). Most Original editions omit the ending, Consisting of the last 174 lines of the magazine version, though the Buccaneer and Charter editions restore it.
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