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| Genre/Form: | Biography Biographies |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Arthur Conan Doyle; Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir; Arthur Conan Doyle; Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir |
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Daniel Stashower |
| ISBN: | 0805050744 9780805050745 |
| OCLC Number: | 39505652 |
| Description: | xv, 472 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | The Empty Chair -- The Cobbler's Lapstone -- The Great Northern Diver -- A Man of Doubtful Antecedents -- Three Pounds of Furniture and a Tin of Corned Beef -- "You Have Been in Afghanistan, I Perceive" -- A Traveler from Slattenmere -- A Singularly Deep Young Man -- Reams of Impossible Stuff -- The Two Collaborators -- The Tremendous Abyss -- A Skeleton in the Garden -- Mr. Irving Takes Paregoric -- Duet with an Occasional Chorus -- Thoughts He Dare Not Say -- The Helpful Mud Bath -- The Footprints of a Gigantic Hound -- The Bondage of Honor -- A Perfectly Impossible Person -- The Ruthless Vegetarian -- England on Her Knees -- An Audible Voice -- The Flail of the Lord -- Is Conan Doyle Mad? -- Away with the Fairies -- Pheneas Speaks -- The Ectoplasmic Man -- A Packet of Salts and Three Bucketfuls of Water -- The Case of the Missing Lady -- The End of the World -- Epilogue: A Well-Remembered Voice. |
| Responsibility: | Daniel Stashower. |
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Abstract:
More than 100 years have passed since the creation of Sherlock Holmes. While the fictional detective lives on in the popular imagination, his creator is often overlooked and misunderstood. This biography examines the life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, provincial doctor turned master storyteller.
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"A gripping sympathetic bio that proves that Doyle was <br>anything but elementary." (Entertainment Weekly)<br><br>"An appealing and much-needed biography of the man who <br>created one of literature's renowned eccentrics." (The Wall Street Journal)<br> Read more...
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