Trade Paperback
2017 · New York
by Post, Melville Davisson
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 Postâs most celebrated literary creation and is considered to be one of the most important texts in American detective and crime fiction. (Inventory #: 2304151)