Novel - Malaeska - The very first dime novel, Malaeska (pronounced MAL-a-ES-ka) is a story of "The Indian Wife of the White Hunter". Originally published as a magazine series in 1853, this story became the first of a generation of affordable books. The Beadle Brothers guessed right on this one, as it sold 300,000 copies in its lifetime. Our reproduction is a faithful copy of the edition originally published in 1860 128 pages, Facsimile Reproduction,