Welcome to America, Mr. Sherlock Holmes : Victorian America meets Arthur Conan Doyle /
Christopher Redmond's fascinating account of Doyle's first trip to America has been reconstructed from newspaper accounts describing the places Doyle visited, from the Adirondacks to New York, Chicago, and Toronto. Despite the gruelling tour schedule, Doyle met dozens of the most important...
| Основен автор: | Redmond, Christopher. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Toronto :
Simon & Pierre,
1987.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=244948 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Welcome to America, Mr. Sherlock Holmes. |
| Резюме: |
Christopher Redmond's fascinating account of Doyle's first trip to America has been reconstructed from newspaper accounts describing the places Doyle visited, from the Adirondacks to New York, Chicago, and Toronto. Despite the gruelling tour schedule, Doyle met dozens of the most important literary and social lights of America. Everywhere he went he was mobbed by public hungry for news of the man he had "killed off" a year earlier -- Sherlock Holmes, who was front page news. In Redmond's lively narrative, which is based on letters, newspaper reports, and other newly unearthed sources, you will. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (235 pages) : map, portrait |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781554883745 1554883741 9781554886531 1554886538 9781459714663 1459714660 |