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Mignon G. Eberhart
Mignon Good Eberhart (July 6, 1899, Lincoln, Nebraska – October 8, 1996, Greenwich, Connecticut) was an American author of mystery novels. She had one of the longest careers (from the 1920s to the 1980s) among major American mystery writers. Early life Mignonette Good was born July 6, 1899, in Lincoln, Nebraska. As a teenager, Good often wrote short stories and novels to occupy herself. From 1917 to 1920, she attended Nebraska Wesleyan University but did not complete the coursework for a degree. In 1923, she married Alanson Clyde Eberhart, and began writing short stories to combat boredom. Within several years, she had begun writing novels. In 1929, she published her first novel, ''The Patient in Room 18'', which introduced her series character Nurse Sarah Keate and her boyfriend Detective Lance O'Leary. A second novel, ''While the Patient Slept'', also featuring Keate, received the $5000 Scotland Yard Prize in 1931. Four years later, Eberhart's alma mater presented her with an h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lincoln, Nebraska
Lincoln is the capital city of the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Lancaster County. The city covers with a population of 292,657 in 2021. It is the second-most populous city in Nebraska and the 73rd-largest in the United States. The city is the economic and cultural anchor of a substantially larger metropolitan area in the southeastern part of the state called the Lincoln Metropolitan and Lincoln- Beatrice Combined Statistical Areas. The statistical area is home to 361,921 people, making it the 104th-largest combined statistical area in the United States. The city was founded in 1856 as the village of Lancaster on the wild salt marshes and arroyos of what was to become Lancaster County. Renamed after President Abraham Lincoln, it became Nebraska's state capital in 1869. The Bertram G. Goodhue–designed state capitol building was completed in 1932, and is the second tallest capitol in the United States. As the city is the seat of government for the state ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Long Island National Cemetery
Long Island National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in Suffolk County, New York. It is surrounded by a group of other separate cemeteries and memorial parks situated along Wellwood Avenue (County Road 3) – these include Pinelawn Memorial Park, St. Charles / Resurrection Cemeteries, Beth Moses, New Montefiore and Mt. Ararat Cemeteries. Its mailing address is Farmingdale (postal code 11735). It borders East Farmingdale along its western edge and is located within the CDPS of Wyandanch (to the east), in the Town of Babylon, and Melville (to the north) in the Town of Huntington. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it encompasses , and as of 2021, had more than 357,000 interments. In 2016 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. History Long Island National Cemetery was established in 1936 with a purchase of of land from Pinelawn Cemetery (a neighboring cemetery) to answer a need after World War I of a lar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The White Cockatoo (novel)
''The White Cockatoo'' is a murder mystery novel written by Mignon G. Eberhart. It was published by Doubleday (publisher), Doubleday, Doran & Co. in 1933. It was later released in December, 1993, by Thorndike Press. The novel served as the basis of the 1935 The White Cockatoo, film of the same name directed by Alan Crosland. Plot Summary Americans Sue Talley and Jim Sundean find themselves at the same large, off-season hotel in the south of France. Amidst a constant spooky, atmospheric wind, a series of murders occur; Sue begins to suspect that the deaths are connected to her arrival. Composition Eberhart drew on her experiences traveling in the Maritime Alps and staying in just such a hotel in the winter of 1931–32. The name of the town in the book is left intentionally obscure by Eberhart, with the implication that it may be Avignon. Reception ''The White Cockatoo'' received mixed-to-positive reviews. It was called "a thoroughly excellent thriller" by the ''The Press and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolf In Man's Clothing
''Wolf in Man's Clothing'' is a mystery novel by Mignon G. Eberhart. It was published by Random House in 1942 and issued in the UK by Collins Crime Club the following year. It was reissued by Bison Books in 1996. This sixth novel featuring nurse Sarah Keate is the only one in which only Sarah appears, and not Lt. Lance O'Leary. It's also one of the few which also was not made into a film. The sales of the book, however, were so strong that her editor Harry Maule urged her to write one more Sarah Keate story. Plot summary Set during World War II, nurse Sarah Keate and nurse Drue Cable investigate the suspicious shooting of Drue's millionaire ex-husband. While he is being treated and lying unconscious, someone in his family household, a gloomy mansion in the remote countryside is suspected of plotting to kill him. Reception Isaac Anderson of the ''New York Times'' gave the novel a positive review, saying that "the story is so absorbing that one can easily forgive Mrs. Eberhart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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