Uncle Abner Master of Mysteries: A Collection of Classic Detective Stories - Softcover

Post, Melville Davisson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1410106314 ISBN 13: 9781410106315

Publisher: 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.

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Uncle Abner Master of Mysteries 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 detectiv... Full description

About the Author

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Fredonia Books (NL)
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1410106314
• ISBN 13: 9781410106315
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256