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Melville Davisson Post
"The Gilded Chair: A Novel" by using Melville Davisson. Post is a gripping story set within the past due 19th century, with the American South as its backdrop. The plot…
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Melville Davisson Post's "The Man of Last Resort: Or, The Clients of Randolph Mason" is a captivating collection of detective stories that delve into the intricate world of legal thrillers…
This collection of short stories features the detective character Uncle Abner, a self-taught man of keen intellect and unshakable faith in God. Set in rural West Virginia, these tales offer…
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
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Set in the backwoods of West Virginia during the late 1800s, this collection of short mysteries features the enigmatic Uncle Abner, a layman detective who uses his deep knowledge of…
Captain Walker, chief of the United States Secret Service, pursued a life of crime as a youth, before reforming. Now he tackles the Service's most difficult cases.
There is only one way to put down the present revolt of the underworld. The criminal must be apprehended and punished. Punishment swift and ruthless will wipe it out. But…
Melville Davisson Post (1869-1930) was an American author, born in West Virginia. He wrote novels about the life in mountains and lives of man who, like him, have spent many…
Melville Davisson Post (1869-1930) was an American author whose best-known creation was Uncle Abner, a character who solved mysteries in 19th-century backwoods Virginia community. This novel is a classic Locked…
Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1919 Original Publisher: D. Appleton and Company Subjects: Detective and mystery stories, American Fiction / Classics Fiction / Literary Fiction / Mystery
Melville Davisson Post’s famed historical detective, Uncle Abner, solved perplexing crimes of passion and greed with courage and the understanding that justice must be served. All 22 of the original…
The Legal Exploits of Randolph Mason collects all three short story anthologies of the amoral lawyer who extricates his clients from legal difficulties. Randolph Mason views Fate and Destiny with…
Dwellers In The Hills is a novel written by Melville Davisson Post and was first published in 1901. The story is set in the Appalachian Mountains and follows the life…
Randolph Mason is a brusque New York lawyer who is highly skilled at turning legal loopholes and technicalities to his clients’ advantage. He is depicted as an utterly amoral character…
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…
Melville Davisson Post created his famous character, Randolph Mason, in 1894. Mason was a highly skilled and unscrupulous lawyer who used the law to defeat the ends of justice. Generally…
To begin with, he said, I am a living lie, a gilded crime-made sham, every bit of me. There is not an honest piece anywhere. It is all lie. I…
It is the inspirational quality in these cases he said, that impresses me. It is very nearly absent in our modern methods of criminal investigation. We depend now on a…
Dwellers in the Hills This book, Dwellers in the Hills, by Melville Davisson Post, is a replication of a book originally published before 1901. It has been restored by human…
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the…
Mr. Post has written a story that is fresh and wholesome and quite as full of adventure as the average reader can demand… He impresses upon his reader with consummate…
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to…
Melville Davisson Post (April 19, 1869 - June 23, 1930) was an American author, born in Harrison County, West Virginia. Although his name is not immediately familiar to those outside…
The Sleuth of St. James's Square, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have…
Dieses klassische Buch wurde urspruenglich vor Jahrzehnten veroeffentlicht als ""The Man of Last Resort Or, The Clients of Randolph Mason"" . Es wurde jetzt von Writat fuer seine deutschsprachigen Leser…
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…
The book is a collection of 16 mysterious stories.
The Man of Last Resort; Or, The Clients of Randolph Mason, has been considered an important book throughout the human history. So that this work is never forgotten we have…
