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Teller of tales : the life of Arthur Conan Doyle

Author: Daniel Stashower
Publisher: New York : Holt, 1999.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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A biography of Arthur Conan Doyle, the 19th century physician, portraying him as more than the creator of Sherlock Holmes. He wrote historical novels, he ran for parliament, he served as a medical officer in the Boer War and he crusaded for spiritualism.
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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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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  Read more...

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