A compelling volume of original tales concerning Sherlock Holmes' legendary time in America
With an introduction by Leslie S. Klinger, editor and compiler of all three volumes of the Annotated Sherlock Holmes, this collection of ten original stories brings light to one of the least examined periods in the life of the great detective-his time in the former colonies, the United States.
This Holmes is a youthful one-a young man not yet set upon his course in life and in his famous lodgings at 221B Baker Street. In Richard Lupoff 's "Inga Sigerson Weds," he's come to America to represent the family at his sister's wedding. In Darryl Brock's "My Silk Umbrella," Mark Twain narrates his fateful encounter with Holmes at a baseball game in Hartford, Connecticut; Steve Hockensmith narrates the meeting of the young William Gillette and the object of his later, most famous turn upon the stage; and Peter Tremayne reveals the intersection of Holmes and the Irish in the 19th century American midwestern landscape.
With further stories by Marta Randall, Rhys Bowen, Peter Beagle, and others, the legend, the mythology and even the history of the world's greatest detective is further enhanced by these charming, clever and mystifying tales.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Foreword / Leslie S. Klinger
Introduction / Michael Kurland
Inga Sigerson Weds / Richard A. Lupoff
My Silk Umbrella: A Mark Twain Story / Darryl Brock
The Old Senator / Steve Hockensmith
The American Adventure / Gary Lovisi
The Sacred White Elephant of Mandalay / Michael Mallory
The Curse of Edwin Booth / Carole Bugge
The Case of the Reluctant Assassin / Peter Tremayne
Cutting for Sign / Rhys Bowen
The English Sen~or / Marta Randall
The Stagecoach Detective: A Tale of the Golden West / Linda Robertson
