Uncle Abner Master Of Mysteries: A Collection Of Classic Detective Stories - Couverture souple

Post, Melville Davisson

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1410106314 ISBN 13 : 9781410106315

Editeur : Fredonia Books (NL), 2004

Synopsis

This work usually appears on lists of the ten most important books of detective stories published in the United States. The tales of Uncle Abner take place in what is now West Virginia, in the 1840's or 1850's. Melville Davisson Post (1869-1930) was a lawyer, political insider, and candidate for President of the United States (Democrat, 1924). He was one of the really great writers of the detective short story and is ranked in the same class as Edgar Allan Poe and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This acclaimed collection -- perhaps the finest of short American detective stories -- chronicles the crime-solving exploits of a powerful mind and moral figure in the 19th-century Appalachian wilderness. Uncle Abner employs shrewd deductive skills and his faith-based sense of justice to expose evil-doing in these 18 intriguing stories. Enriched by historical, political, religious, and legal observations, the tales are often favorably compared with Chesterton's Father Brown mysteries.

Biographie de l'auteur

Melville Davisson Post (1869-1930) was a lawyer before he became one of America's most highly regarded writers, and his Uncle Abner stories abound in subtle nuances of evidence, criminal investigation, and points of law. Post's fiction is noteworthy for its remarkable form, imaginative plots, economical writing, and inexorable inner story logic.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Fredonia Books (NL)
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1410106314
• ISBN 13: 9781410106315
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
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• Personne responsable: non disponible