Nick Rennison
American Sherlocks
Stories from the Golden Age of the American Detective
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Sherlock Holmes is the most famous of all fictional detectives but, across the Atlantic, he had plenty of rivals.Between 1890 and 1920, American writers created dozens and dozens of crime-solvers. This thrilling, unusual anthology features stories about 15 of them, including Professor Augustus SFX Van Dusen, 'The Thinking Machine', even more cerebral than Holmes; Craig Kennedy, the so-called 'scientific detective'; Uncle Abner, a shrewd backwoodsman in pre-Civil War Virginia; Violet Strange, New York debutante turned criminologist; and Nick Carter, the original pulp private eye.Editor Nick Rennison gathers together often neglected tales which…
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Sherlock Holmes is the most famous of all fictional detectives but, across the Atlantic, he had plenty of rivals.Between 1890 and 1920, American writers created dozens and dozens of crime-solvers. This thrilling, unusual anthology features stories about 15 of them, including Professor Augustus SFX Van Dusen, 'The Thinking Machine', even more cerebral than Holmes; Craig Kennedy, the so-called 'scientific detective'; Uncle Abner, a shrewd backwoodsman in pre-Civil War Virginia; Violet Strange, New York debutante turned criminologist; and Nick Carter, the original pulp private eye.Editor Nick Rennison gathers together often neglected tales which highlight American crime fiction's early years. Some of the detectives that feature include:Craig Kennedy created by Arthur B. ReeveMadelyn Mack created by Hugo Cosgro WeirNick Carter (no credited author)Uncle Abner created by Melville Davisson'The Thinking Machine' (Professor Van Dusen) created by Jacques Futrelle Averages Jones created by Samuel Hopkins Adams Praise for Nick Rennison:'A book which will delight fans of crime fiction' - Verbal Magazine'[An] intriguing anthology' - Mail on Sunday
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-85730-440-7
- EAN: 9780857304407
- Produktnummer: 34904754
- Verlag: Oldcastle Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
- Seitenangabe: 320 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
Über den Autor
Nick Rennison is a writer, editor and bookseller with a particular interest in the Victorian era and in crime fiction. He has written several Pocket Essential guides published by Oldcastle Books including A Short History of the Polar Exploration, Roget, Freud and Robin Hood. He is the editor of several highly entertaining collections of stories from what he considers a golden age of crime fiction, including The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes, More Rivals of Sherlock Holmes, Supernatural Sherlocks and Sherlock's Sisters. His latest anthology, American Sherlocks, gathers together often neglected tales whichhighlight American crime fiction's early years.
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