The Pursuit of the House-Boat - Being Some Further Account of the Divers Doings of the Associated Shades, Under the Leadership of Sherlock Holmes, Esq
This book is John Kendrick Bangs' 1897 novel, The Pursuit of the House-Boat. A deceased Sherlock Holmes is employed by the Associated Shades club to help them after the House-Boat has been commandeered by the nefarious Captain Kidd. An amusing and entertaining detective romp set in the afterlife, The Pursuit of the House-Boat constitutes a must-read for lovers of quirky fiction, and is not to be missed by fans of Bang's work. John Kendrick Bangs (1862-1922) was an American editor, author, and satirist. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume n…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4446-4126-4
- EAN: 9781444641264
- Produktnummer: 4852307
- Verlag: Read Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
- Seitenangabe: 244 S.
- Masse: H21.6 cm x B14.0 cm x D1.4 cm 331 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 331
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He was born in Yonkers, New York. His father Francis N. Bangs was a lawyer in New York City, as was his brother, Francis S. Bangs. He went to Columbia College from 1880 to 1883 where he became editor of Columbia's literary magazine, Acta Columbia, and contributed short anonymous pieces to humor magazines. After graduation in 1883 with a Bachelor of Philosophy degree in Political Science, Bangs entered Columbia Law School but left in 1884 to become Associate Editor of Life under Edward S. Martin. Bangs contributed many articles and poems to the magazine between 1884 and 1888. During this period, Bangs published his first books.In 1888 Bangs left Life to work at Harper's Magazine, Harper's Bazaar and Harper's Young People, though he continued to contribute to Life. From 1889 to 1900 he held the title of Editor of the Departments of Humor for all three Harper's magazines and from 1899 to 1901 served as active editor of Harper's Weekly. Bangs also served for a short time (January-June 1889) as the first editor of Munsey's Magazine and became editor of the American edition of the Harper-owned Literature from January to November 1899.
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