Download or read book Jim Hanvey Detective written by Octavus Roy Cohen and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-11-20 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jim Hanvey is not a typical private detective. He is overweight, he waddles around, he blinks like some sort of fish, he plays with a gold toothpick that he wears on a chain around his waist. But what he has is a great memory for faces, a sharp mind, and a sense of fair play that makes him very well respected and feared by the higher level of criminals. Once he enters the story, we see the swindle begin to unravel – sometimes because of Hanvey, sometimes because the mere presence of Hanvey upsets the criminal to such an extent that he does himself in. Table of Contents: Fish Eyes Homespun Silk Common Stock Helen of Troy Caveat Emptor The Knight's Gambit Pink Bait
Download or read book Black Stereotypes in Popular Series Fiction 1851 1955 written by Bernard A. Drew and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-04-02 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even well-meaning fiction writers of the late Jim Crow era (1900-1955) perpetuated racial stereotypes in their depiction of black characters. From 1918 to 1952, Octavus Roy Cohen turned out a remarkable 360 short stories featuring Florian Slappey and the schemers, romancers and ditzes of Birmingham's Darktown for The Saturday Evening Post and other publications. Cohen said, "I received a great deal of mail from Negroes and I have never found any resentment from a one of them." The black readership had to be satisfied with any black presence in the popular literature of the day. The best known white writers of black characters included Booth Tarkington (Herman and Verman in the Penrod books), Irvin S. Cobb (Judge Priest's houseman Jeff Poindexter), Roark Bradford (Widow Duck, the plantation matriarch), Hugh Wiley (Wildcat Marsden, the war veteran who traveled the country in the company of his goat) and Charles Correll and Freeman Gosden (radio's Amos 'n' Andy). These writers deservedly declined in the civil rights era, but left a curious legacy that deserves examination. This book, focusing on authors of series fiction and particularly of humorous stories, profiles 29 writers and their black characters in detail, with brief entries covering 72 others.
Download or read book The Railroad in American Fiction written by Grant Burns and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-01-28 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nothing better represented the early spirit of American expansion than the railroad. Dominant in daily life as well as in the popular imagination, the railroad appealed strongly to creative writers. For many years, fiction of railroad life and travel was plentiful and varied. As the nineteenth century receded, the railroad's allure faded, as did railroad fiction. Today, it is hard to sense what the railroad once meant to Americans. The fiction of the railroad--often by railroaders themselves--recaptures that sense, and provides valuable insights on American cultural history. This extensively annotated bibliography lists and discusses in 956 entries novels and short stories from the 1840s to the present in which the railroad is important. Each entry includes plot and character description to help the reader make an informed decision on the source's merit. A detailed introduction discusses the history of railroad fiction and highlights common themes such as strikes, hoboes, and the roles of women and African-Americans. Such writers of "pure" railroad fiction as Harry Bedwell, Frank Packard, and Cy Warman are well represented, along with such literary artists as Mark Twain, Thomas Wolfe, Flannery O'Connor, and Ellen Glasgow. Work by minority writers, including Jean Toomer, Richard Wright, Frank Chin, and Toni Morrison, also receives close attention. An appendix organizes entries by decade of publication, and the work is indexed by subject and title.
Download or read book Academe in Mystery and Detective Fiction written by John E. Kramer and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This bibliography provides citations for and annotations of 486 full- length works detective or mystery fiction that are either set on a college campus, or else feature key characters acting in their academic roles off-campus. Annotations include plot summaries (with special emphasis on the academic content) and biographical information on the author. Entries are listed chronologically by the first date of publication. They are indexed by author, by title, by character, and by college. A brief annotated bibliography of books, journal issues, and essays about college mysteries is also included. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book Critical Survey of Mystery and Detective Fiction written by Frank Northen Magill and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents critical studies of more than 290 authors of detective and mystery fiction from around the world dating from the mid-eighteenth century to the present day.
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Download or read book The Gold Star List of American Fiction written by Syracuse, N.Y. Public library and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. for 1932- include a list of English novels since 1914.
Download or read book Critical Survey of Mystery and Detective Fiction Pot Z written by Frank Northen Magill and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents critical studies of more than 290 authors of detective and mystery fiction from around the world dating from the mid-eighteenth century to the present day.
Download or read book Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance A J written by Cary D. Wintz and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2004 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the music of Louis Armstrong to the portraits by Beauford Delaney, the writings of Langston Hughes to the debut of the musical Show Boat, the Harlem Renaissance is one of the most significant developments in African-American history in the twentieth century. The Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance, in two-volumes and over 635 entries, is the first comprehensive compilation of information on all aspects of this creative, dynamic period. For a full list of entries, contributors, and more, visit the Encyclopedia of Harlem Renaissance website.
Download or read book Gold Star List of American Fiction written by Syracuse, N.Y. Public library and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Encyclopedia Mysteriosa written by William L. DeAndrea and published by MacMillan Publishing Company. This book was released on 1997 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For every would-be sleuth and armchair detective, Encyclopedia Mysteriosa is the complete reference to the entire genre of murder and mayhem.
Download or read book Sherlock Holmes and the Missing Jewels written by Arthur Conan Doyle and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2016-03-31 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This exciting collection of short stories follows literature’s favourite detective, Sherlock Holmes, as he investigates three complex cases of missing jewels. These three tales will captivate fans of detective fiction and intrigue readers with their intricate plots and mysterious twists. In ‘The Beryl Coronet’ (1892), a banker is holding a small crown as collateral. When three of the crown’s beryls vanish, seemingly at his own son’s hand, the banker calls on Holmes to clear his family’s name and recover the missing jewels. ‘The Six Napoleons’ (1904) sees a series of break-ins resulting in the theft and destruction of several plaster busts of Napoleon. Could there be a radical Napoleon hater on the loose, or is there a more sinister scheme behind the robberies? Finally, in ‘The Mazarin Stone’ (1921), Holmes has been tracking and following a diamond thief, but in protecting the valuable jewel, the master detective might have placed his life in the centre of a dark and dangerous plot. With his trademark intellect and attention to detail, Join Holmes as he navigates three complex webs of suspects and motives to uncover the truth behind these missing jewels. This new collection from Read & Co. Books features the original illustrations by Sidney Paget and a specially commissioned introduction.
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Download or read book Radio Crime Fighters written by Jim Cox and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-06-14 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early days of radio, producers, directors and scriptwriters were well aware of the listening public's fascination with subject matter tinged with wrongdoing. Stories of right and wrong, crime and punishment, and law and order kept audiences of every age hooked for more than thirty years. This work covers 300+ syndicated radio mystery and adventure serials that aired in the early or middle twentieth century. To be included, a series must have had one or more regularly appearing characters who fought against espionage, theft, murder and other crimes. Each entry includes series name, air dates, sponsor, extant episodes, cast information and synopsis.
Download or read book The Canary Murder Case written by S.S. Van Dine and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2023-09-26 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the height if his popularity, S.S. Vane Dine pens a locked-room mystery with a lethal dose of sex and sin where infamous actress, "The Canary," is murdered in her cage after a passionate night with her lover. Margaret Odell, the famous Broadway beauty and ex-Follies girl known as "The Canary", is found murdered in her ransacked apartment, her jewelry stolen. It appears to be a robbery gone wrong, but the police can find no physical evidence to pinpoint a culprit. No one witnessed anyone entering or leaving, and the only unwatched entrance to the apartment building was bolted from the inside. Who could have killed the Canary in her locked cage? Margaret was seeing a number of men, ranging from high society gentleman to ruthless gangsters, and more than one man visited her apartment on the night she died.
Download or read book The Mystery Fancier Vol 1 No 6 November 1977 written by Guy M. Townsend and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2010-08-01 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mystery Fancier, Volume 1 Number 6, November 1977, contains: "Raymond Chandler on Film: An Annotated Checklist, Part I," by Peter Pross, "The Degeneration of Donald Hamilton," by George Kelley, "The Mysterious John Dickson Carr," by Larry L. French, and "The Nero Wolfe Saga, Part IV," by Guy M. Townsend.
Download or read book Crime Fiction 1749 1980 written by Allen J. Hubin and published by New York : Garland Pub.. This book was released on 1984 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
