Reprinted under title "The phantom trail; or, The prairie rangers" in Frank Starr's American novels, numbers 74 (1871), in Beadle's dime novels, numbers 347 (1875), and in Beadle's pocket novels, numbers 266 (1884) (Johannsn, volume I, page 159, numbers 74; volume I, page 101, numbers 347; volume I, page 183, numbers 266).
Johannsen gives publication date as January 3, 1866.
Frontispiece included in pagination.
Series attribution from Johannsen. The series was alternately published as "Irwin P. Beadle's American novels," "Irwin's American novels," and "American novels." Issues were reprinted under later series names, though the exact timeline of when each series name was used is difficult to trace.
Reproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society.