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Melville Davisson Post (1869-1930) was an American author, born in West Virginia. Although Post's name is not immediately familiar to those outside specialist circles, many of his collections are still in print and many collections of detective fiction include works by Post. His best-known character is the mystery-solving, justice dispensing Virginian backwoodsman, Uncle Abner. He also created two other recurring characters, Sir Henry Marquis and Randolph Mason. He also wrote two non-crime novels. His works include: The Man of Last Resort (1897), Dwellers in the Hills (1901), Corrector of Destinies (1909), The Gilded Chair (1910), The Nameless Thing (1912), Uncle Abner: Master of Mysteries (1918), The Sleuth of St. James's Square (1920), The Mountain School- Teacher (1922), Monsieur Jonquelle: Prefect of Police of Paris (1923), Walker of the Secret Service (1924) and The Revolt of the Birds (1927).

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First published in 1918, Uncle Abner: Master of Mysteries is an anthology of detective stories written by Melville Davisson Post. The popular stories within this collection were serialized in national magazines such as the Saturday Evening Post in the early 20th century.

Uncle Abner is an amateur detective in present-day Harrison County, West Virginia. Throughout his journeys around this antebellum wilderness, long before the nation had a proper police system, the honest Uncle Abner is confronted by murders and mysteries that cannot be ignored. With uncanny intuition, impressive logic, and keen observation of human actions, Uncle Abner is Melville Davisson Post’s most celebrated literary creation and is considered to be one of the most important texts in American detective and crime fiction.

This new edition contains an introduction by Craig Johnson, author of the Walt Longmire novels. 

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Melville Davisson Post (1869 1930) was a West Virginia author and attorney best known for his stories featuring Uncle Abner, an amateur detective and backwoodsman who solves mysteries and hands out justice in the years before the Civil War. Post s other iconic creation is the amoral lawyer Randolph Mason, whose exploits on behalf of his criminal clients helped to establish the legal thriller genre.

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  • PublisherDodo Pr
  • Publication date2009
  • ISBN 10 1409967050
  • ISBN 13 9781409967057
  • BindingPaperback
  • Number of pages250
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