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Teller of tales, the life of Arthur Conan Doyle, Daniel Stashower

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-452) and index

individual biography

illustrations

index present

non fiction

Teller of tales

bibliography

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Daniel Stashower

the life of Arthur Conan Doyle

A biography of Arthur Conan Doyle, the 19th century physician, portraying him as more than the creator of Sherlock Holmes. He wrote historical novels, he ran for parliament, he served as a medical officer in the Boer War and he crusaded for spiritualism

The Empty Chair -- The Cobbler's Lapstone -- The Great Northern Diver -- A Man of Doubtful Antecedents -- Three Pounds of Furniture and a Tin of Corned Beef -- "You Have Been in Afghanistan, I Perceive" -- A Traveler from Slattenmere -- A Singularly Deep Young Man -- Reams of Impossible Stuff -- The Two Collaborators -- The Tremendous Abyss -- A Skeleton in the Garden -- Mr. Irving Takes Paregoric -- Duet with an Occasional Chorus -- Thoughts He Dare Not Say -- The Helpful Mud Bath -- The Footprints of a Gigantic Hound -- The Bondage of Honor -- A Perfectly Impossible Person -- The Ruthless Vegetarian -- England on Her Knees -- An Audible Voice -- The Flail of the Lord -- Is Conan Doyle Mad? -- Away with the Fairies -- Pheneas Speaks -- The Ectoplasmic Man -- A Packet of Salts and Three Bucketfuls of Water -- The Case of the Missing Lady -- The End of the World -- Epilogue: A Well-Remembered Voice

Life of Arthur Conan Doyle