John Kendrick Bangs
The Dreamers
Being a More or Less Faithful Account of the Literary Exercises of the First Regular Meeting of That Organization
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John Kindrick Bangs became known for his âEURoeamiable club-story atmosphereâEUR? (The Encyclopedia of Fantasy), which comes full to life in a series of stories told by The Dreamers, members of an elite gentleman's club. Of special interest to mystery fans is the first book publication of Bangs' Sherlock Holmes parody, âEURoeThe Mystery of PinkhamâEUR(TM)s Diamond Stud.âEUR? The book is copiously illustrated by Edward Penfield.
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- ISBN: 978-1-58715-465-2
- EAN: 9781587154652
- Produktnummer: 9145772
- Verlag: Borgo Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2001
- Seitenangabe: 260 S.
- Masse: H20.3 cm x B12.7 cm x D1.5 cm 300 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 300
Über den Autor
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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