Research Catalog

Title

The Best American mystery stories of the 19th century / edited and with an introduction by Otto Penzler.

Publication

Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.

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Details

Additional Authors

Penzler, Otto

Description

xvii, 604 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

An unparalleled treasury of crime, mystery, and murder from the genre's founding century With stories by Washington Irving, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mark Twain, Louisa May Alcott, L. Frank Baum, Edith Wharton, Stephen Crane, and Jack London, The Best American Mystery Stories of the Nineteenth Century is an essential anthology of American letters. It's a unique blend of beloved writers who contributed to the genre and forgotten names that pioneered the form, such as Anna Katharine Green, the godmother of mystery fiction, and the African-American writer Charles W. Chesnutt. Of course, Penzler includes "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," recognized as the first detective story, and with thirty-three stories spanning the years 1824'1899, nowhere else can readers find such a surprising, comprehensive take on the evolution of the American mystery story.

Series Statement

• Best American Mystery Stories
• Best American series

Uniform Title

Best American series.

Alternative Title

Best American mystery stories of the nineteenth century

Subjects

• Detective and mystery fiction
• Short stories, American > 19th century
• Detective and mystery stories, American

Genre/Form

Detective and mystery fiction.

Contents

The story of the young robber / Washington Irving -- The rifle / William Leggett -- Mr. Higginbotham's catastrophe / Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The murders in the Rue Morgue / Edgar Allan Poe -- The purloined letter / Edgar Allan Poe -- Remarkable case of arrest for murder / Abraham Lincoln -- The fatal secret / Daniel Webster -- The danseuse / Thomas Bailey Aldrich -- A double tragedy: an actor's story / Louisa May Alcott -- The two sisters; or, The avenger / Allan Pinkerton -- The lady, or the tiger? and The discourager of hesitancy / Frank Stockton -- A thumb-print and what came of it / Mark Twain -- My favorite murder / Ambrose Bierce -- The sheriff's children / Charles W. Chesnutt -- Gallegher / Richard Harding Davis -- 'Round the opium lamp / William Norr -- Lingo Dan / Percival Pollard -- The nameless man and the Montezuma emerald / Rodrigues Ottolengui -- The doctor, his wife, and the clock / Anna Katharine Green -- A very strange case / William M. Hinkley -- The long arm / Mary E. Wilkins -- The mysterious card and The mysterious card unveiled / Cleveland Moffett -- Tom Sawyer, detective / Mark Twain -- The corpus delicti / Melville Davisson Post -- The suicide of Kiaros / L. Frank Baum -- The purple emperor / Robert W. Chambers -- At Pinney's ranch / Edward Bellamy -- The blue hotel / Stephen Crane -- A cup of cold water / Edith Wharton -- The detective's pretty neighbor / Nicholas Carter -- A point in morals / Ellen Glasgow -- A thousand deaths / Jack London.

Call Number

JFE 14-7788

ISBN

• 0544302222 (hardback)
• 9780544302228 (hardback)

OCLC

889949884

Title

The Best American mystery stories of the 19th century / edited and with an introduction by Otto Penzler.

Publisher

Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Best American Mystery Stories

Best American series

Best American series.

Added Author

Penzler, Otto, editor.

Research Call Number

JFE 14-7788