Sherlock Holmes in America / edited by Martin H. Greenberg, Jon L. Lellenberg, and Daniel Stashower.
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TextPublication details: New York : Skyhorse Pub., c2009.Description: vi, 378 p. ; 24 cmISBN: - 1602393524
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| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Main Library | Mystery | Greenberg, Martin Harry | Available | 33111005621434 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The world's greatest sleuth makes his American debut in this groundbreaking collection of never-before-published mystery stories set in the US.
The world's greatest detective and his loyal sidekick Dr. Watson are on their first trip across the Atlantic--to nineteenth-century America! From the bustling neighborhoods of New York City and Boston to sinister locales like Salt Lake City and fog-shrouded cities like San Francisco, the beloved British sleuth faces the most cunning criminals America has to offer, while meeting some of her most famous figures along the way, such as Teddy Roosevelt and Harry Houdini.
A groundbreaking anthology, Sherlock Holmes in America features original short stories by award-winning American writers, each in the extraordinary tradition of Conan Doyle, and each with a unique American twist that is sure to satisfy and exhilarate both Sherlock Holmes purists and those who wished Holmes could nab the nefarious closer to home. There is:
"The Adventure of the Missing Three Quarters" by Jon L. Breen "The Adventure of the Coughing Dentist" by Loren D. Estleman "The Case of Colonial Warburton's Madness" by Lyndsay Faye "The Minister's Missing Daughter" by Victoria Thompson "The Adventure of the White City" by Bill Crider And more!This is a must-read for any mystery fan and for those who have followed Holmes' illustrious career over the waterfall and back again.
"A Herman Graf book."
Introduction: "American, as you perceive" / Jon Lellenberg & Daniel Stashower -- Case of Colonel Warburton's madness / Lyndsay Faye -- Ghosts and the machine / Lloyd Rose -- Exerpts from an unpublished memoir found in the basement of the home for retired actors / Steve Hockensmith -- Flowers of Utah / Robert Pohle -- Adventure of the coughing dentist / Loren D. Estleman -- Minister's missing daughter / Victoria Thompson -- Case of Colonel Crockett's violin / Gillian Linscott -- Adventure of the White City / Bill Crider -- Recalled to life / Paula Cohen -- Seven walnuts / Daniel Stashower -- Adventure of the Boston Dromio / Matthew Pearl -- Case of the rival queens / Carolyn Wheat -- Adventure of the missing three quarters / Jon L. Breen -- Song at twilight / Michael Walsh -- Moriarty, Moran, and more: Anti-hibernian sentiment in the Canon / Michael Walsh -- How the creator of Sherlock Holmes brought him to America / Christopher Redmond -- Romance of America / A. Conan Doyle.
From the bustling neighborhoods of New York City and Washington, D.C., to sunny yet sinister cities like San Francisco on the West Coast, the world's best-loved British sleuth will face some of the most cunning criminals America has to offer, and meet some of America's most famous figures along the way. A fascinating and extraordinary collection of never-before-published crime and mystery stories by bestselling American writers.
SHELVED UNDER GREENBERG, MARTIN.