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Uncle Abner, Master of Mysteries: A Collection of Classic Detective Stories
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Uncle Abner, Master of Mysteries: A Collection of Classic Detective Stories Paperback - 2017

by Melville Davisson Post


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This famous collection, reprinted in its entirety, chronicles the exploits of Uncle Abner, a powerful mind and moral figure in the wilderness and frontier territories of the Appalachians. Set in the 1840s and 1850s in what is now West Virginia, these 18 stories profile the detective as seen through the eyes of his young nephew. With a combination of shrewd deductive skill, uncanny intuition, and keen powers of perception, Uncle Abner deftly exposes evil and evildoers.
Abner has many opportunities to exercise his skills in this wild, brutal frontier. How could a murderer come through a closed window, without disturbing the cobwebs? How can a dead man and his horse be made to vanish? How could thieves creep through an ordinary keyhole to steal a hoard of gold? Author Melville Davisson Post was a lawyer before he turned to fiction, and the Uncle Abner stories reflect his expertise, abounding in subtle nuances of evidence, criminal investigation, and points of law. Loaded with historical, political, and religious observations, these tales offer fine entertainment for lovers of classic detective fiction.

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  • Title Uncle Abner, Master of Mysteries: A Collection of Classic Detective Stories
  • Author Melville Davisson Post
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Dover Publications
  • Date 2017
  • ISBN 9780486817446 / 048681744X
  • Weight 0.6 lbs (0.27 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.5 in (21.34 x 13.97 x 1.27 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: British
  • Library of Congress subjects Detective and mystery stories, American
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2017023224
  • Dewey Decimal Code 813.52

About the author

Melville Davisson Post (1869-1930) was a lawyer before he became one of America's most highly regarded writers, and his Uncle Abner stories abound in subtle nuances of evidence, criminal investigation, and points of law. Post's fiction is noteworthy for its remarkable form, imaginative plots, economical writing, and inexorable inner story logic.
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New York: Dover, 2017. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5x0x8. Rear wrapper faintly rubbed. 2017 Trade Paperback. First published in 1918, Uncle Abner: Master of Mysteries is an anthology of detective stories written by Melville Davisson Post. The popular stories within this collection were serialized in national magazines such as the Saturday Evening Post in the early 20th century. Uncle Abner is an amateur detective in present-day Harrison County, West Virginia. Throughout his journeys around this antebellum wilderness, long before the nation had a proper police system, the honest Uncle Abner is confronted by murders and mysteries that cannot be ignored. With uncanny intuition, impressive logic, and keen observation of human actions, Uncle Abner is Melville Davisson Post’s most celebrated literary creation and is considered to be one of the most important texts in American detective and crime fiction.
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