Teller of tales : the life of Arthur Conan Doyle /
Daniel Stashower.
- 1st ed.
- New York : Holt, 1999.
- xv, 472 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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
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.
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Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930. Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930