The case of the deadly toy
| Main Author: | Gardner, Erle Stanley, 1889-1970. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Cambridge, Mass. :
R. Bentley,
1981, c1959.
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| Series: |
Perry Mason mystery.
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| Item Description: |
"An abridged version ... has been serialized in the Saturday evening post under title, The case of the greedy grandpa"--T.p. verso. Reprint of the ed. published by Morrow, New York. Series statement from jacket. |
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| Physical Description: |
ix, 272 p. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
0837603978 (alk. paper) : |
| Author Notes: |
Gardner used many pseudonyms such as Charles Green, Kyle Corning and Grant Holiday. While working as an attorney, he began writing fiction. In 1921, "Nellie's Naughty Nighty" was published in the pulp magazine Breezy Stories. He had a goal of writing 100,000 words a month and would sometimes write two or more stories a day. In 1923, "The Shrieking Skeleton" was sold to the Black Mask Magazine. In the 1930's, Gardner had two manuscripts that were rejected and than "rediscovered" by Thayer Hobson, the president of the William Morrow Publishing Company, and rewritten as courtroom mysteries. During this process, the character Perry Mason was born. In 1933, the first Perry Mason book was written, "The Case of the Velvet Claws." The next one was entitled "The Case of the Sulky Girl" and they were followed by more than eighty additional Mason mysteries. Gardner died on March 11, 1970. (Bowker Author Biography) |