Sherlock Holmes: The American Years
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
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 "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.
Customer Reviews
Dumb and verbose
I have only read the first chapter and part of the second, but I highly doubt I will proceed further.
This is the dumbest, least informed collection of stories I've come across. The narratives are filled with irrelevant details, from the perspective of annoying characters who are nothing like Dr. watson. The first story is from the perspective of Sherlock Holmes' supposed sister and the second from Mark Twain.
The deductions, when rarely present, are not clever, and the general setting and manner in which the stories progress are ridiculous and unentertaining. Thoroughly disappointed.