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001			on1274230669
003			OCoLC
005			20220404141657.0
008			211005t20221933meu d 000 1 eng
010			_a 2021048508
040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cDLC _dOCLCF _dOCLCO _dIUK _dINO _dOCLCO _dNFG
019			_a1273496750 _a1299335058
020			_a9781432895198 _q(hardcover)
020			_a1432895192
035			_a(OCoLC)1274230669 _z(OCoLC)1273496750 _z(OCoLC)1299335058
042			_apcc
092			_aMYSTERY QUEEN, _bELLERY
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aQueen, Ellery, _eauthor. _926943
245	1	4	_aThe American gun mystery / _cEllery Queen ; introduction by Otto Penzler.
250			_aLarge print edition.
263			_a2202
264		1	_aWaterville, ME : _bThorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, _c2022.
264		4	_c©1933
300			_a473 pages (large print) ; _c23 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
340			_nlarge print _2rdafs
490	0		_aAn Ellery Queen Mystery
490	0		_aThorndike Press large print mystery
500			_aIncludes discussion questions.
520			_a"When a washed up Hollywood cowboy-turned-circus rodeo actor is shot dead in the midst of his performance at a New York sports-palace, in front of thousands of onlookers, it seems obvious that someone would have seen the perpetrator of the crime--or at the very least, recovered the gun. But when the ensuing investigation fails to turn up any evidence, even after the newsreels made in the moment are reviewed, the net of suspicion widens across the troupe of performers and the circus staff. Who among them is cunning enough to have constructed such a baffling murder scene? Unluckily for the murderer, genius sleuth Ellery Queen is among the thousands that witnessed the crime, and he won't be satisfied until he cuts through the confusion to discover the truth of the execution. By the time he uncovers all the necessary clues and delivers his patented "Challenge to the Reader," Queen (and his most careful readers) will be able to expose both the killer and the hiding place of the weapon--the titular American Gun that fired the fatal bullet. Reissued for the first time in over thirty years, The American Gun Mystery is among the most beloved of the early Ellery Queen novels, renowned to this day as exemplary works of the American Golden Age mystery. The central puzzle is a "fair play" story in which the reader has all the necessary clues needed to solve the crime"-- _cProvided by publisher.
600	1	0	_aQueen, Ellery _c(Fictitious character) _vFiction.
650		0	_aWestern films _vFiction. _9129057
650		0	_aRodeos _vFiction. _962349
650		0	_aMurder _xInvestigation _vFiction. _9463
650		0	_aActors _xCrimes against _vFiction. _972473
655		7	_aDetective and mystery fiction. _2lcgft _9464
655		0	_aLarge type books. _9848
700	1		_aPenzler, Otto, _ewriter of intoduction. _973950
830		0	_aThorndike Press large print mystery series. _92867
994			_aC0 _bNFG
999			_c344798 _d344798