William A Stricklin

Mary Eliska Girl Detective

The Mystery of the Spider

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Mary Eliska Girl Detective - The Mystery of the Spider is a thoroughly entertaining girl detective tale of murder, blackmail, romance and mystery. The original author of 'The Spider' was Fergus Hume, the father of the mystery novel who wrote 'Mystery of the Hansom Cab' completely without a clue that it would one day be described as "The most successful mystery novel of all time."

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Authors Press
• Seitenzahl: 234
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. April 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 279mm x 216mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 553g
• ISBN-13: 9781643148076
• ISBN-10: 1643148079
• Artikelnr.: 67745912

Autorenporträt

William A. Stricklin is a Phi Beta Kappa scholar who earned his AB with honors Phi Beta Kappa at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1959. He was Cal student body president and selected as the outstanding cadet of the United States Army ROTC program at UC Berkeley; then trained at Fort Lewis, Washington; then Infantry Officer Training School at Fort Benning, Georgia, qualified as an expert using Army .45 caliber pistols, M-1 rifles and anti-tank bazookas. Cloak-and-dagger training at U.S. Army Counterintelligence School, Fort Holabird, Maryland, followed, learning Cold War spy-craft; six years active and reserve military service - then service as Correspondence Assistant to the Vice President of the United States for the final eighteen months of the Eisenhower Administration; followed by earning doctor of laws JD degree at Harvard Law School in 1964. For 20 years William A. Stricklin continues working for the Federal government headquartered in San Francisco while he lives in Alameda, California, with his wife Rebecca Robbins PhD and their two cats Zorro and Jupiter.