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Erle Stanley Gardner Bibliography
This is a bibliography of works by and about the American writer Erle Stanley Gardner. Mystery series Perry Mason Novels Short stories Cool and Lam Doug Selby Terry Clane Gramps Wiggins Per the foreword to ''The Case of the Smoking Chimney'', Gramps Wiggins is based on someone that Erle Stanley Gardner met: "More frequently than they realise, authors are inspired by outstanding individuals whom they meet. Two years ago in New Orleans I met a litle old chap who has as much bounce as a rubber ball, whose eyes sparkle with enthusiasm, whose white hair shaggles down around his shoulders. His name is Wood Whitesell." Whitesell was a photographer who didn't care about money and was frequently too busy to think about eating, as he tried to crowd all the activities he wanted to do into the day. Gardner said "Whitesell and Gramp Wiggins are, of course, two distinct entities, although they have numerous points in common. To what extent Gramps was inspired by Whitesell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erle Stanley Gardner
Erle Stanley Gardner (July 17, 1889 – March 11, 1970) was an American lawyer and author. He is best known for the Perry Mason series of crime fiction, detective stories, but he wrote numerous other novels and shorter pieces and also a series of nonfiction books, mostly narrations of his travels through Baja California and other regions in Mexico. The best-selling American author of the 20th century at the time of his death, Gardner also published under numerous pseudonyms, including A.A. Fair, Kyle Corning, Charles M. Green, Carleton Kendrake, Charles J. Kenny, Stephen Caldwell, Les Tillray and Robert Parr. Life and work Gardner was born in Malden, Massachusetts, the son of Grace Adelma (Waugh) and Charles Walter Gardner. Gardner graduated from Palo Alto High School in California in 1909 and enrolled at Valparaiso University School of Law in Indiana. He was suspended after approximately one month when his interest in boxing became a distraction. He returned to California, pur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Special Investigator (film)
''Special Investigator'' is a 1936 RKO Radio Pictures American crime-drama film, starring Richard Dix and featuring Margaret Callahan, Erik Rhodes and Owen Davis, Jr. It was directed by Louis King from a screenplay by Louis Stevens, Thomas Lennon and Ferdinand Reyher, based on "Fugitive Gold", a story by Erle Stanley Gardner originally serialized in the ''New York Herald Tribunes ''This Week'' magazine from May 26–July 7, 1935. Plot Bill Fenwick (Richard Dix) is a criminal defense attorney who's near the top of his career, wealthy from defending gangsters and getting them off. Visited by his brother George ( Owen Davis, Jr.), an agent for the Justice Department, he appears outwardly indifferent to his brother's chastisements for gaining success and notoriety by being on the wrong side of the law. Beneath it, though, he is troubled, and immediately splits up with his amoral gold-digging trophy girlfriend Judy ( Sheila Terry) . When he learns from Inspector Perkett (Russell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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