The Devil’s Mantle
Book Details
| Title: | The Devil’s Mantle | ||||||||||
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| Published: | 1927 | ||||||||||
| Publisher: | George H. Doran Company | ||||||||||
| Tags: | crime, fiction, mystery, South Pacific | ||||||||||
| Description: | The sea is the setting for this story—the tropic waters of the Pacific and the palm-covered islands which dot them forming the background to a tale of greed and mysterious murder and the determined efforts of an upstanding young man to clear his name of black aspersions. Young Peter Blake, South Sea roamer, trader, adventurer, after a grilling battle in the dark with he knows not how many mysterious opponents, is cast into a small boat and set adrift. Afterward he finds that he is charged with the murder of his nearest friend and that other villainies are laid at his door. The forces against which he has to fight are evil, malignant, powerful and bent on saving themselves, but of course he wins through in the end and wins also the fine girl, who has had her share of the exciting times.—New York Times. [Suggest a different description.] |
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| Downloads: | 26 | ||||||||||
| Pages: | 212  |
Author Bio for Packard, Frank Lucius
Frank Packard (1877-1942) was a Canadian novelist. Born in Montreal he was one of the first Canadian writers to gain the attention of an international readership. He was trained as a civil engineer and worked in the US and Canada for several railroads. He used his railroad experience in some of his early novels and short stories. He achieved great success with his second novel "The Miracle Man" in 1914. In 1917 he published another best-seller, a detective novel called "The Adventures of Jimmy Dale" which he turned into a series of four more novels. In order to add realism to his books he joined police raids and drifted around the streets of New York which allowed him to add an air of authenticity for his stories. By 1942, the Jimmy Dale series had sold three million copies, was adapted for a silent movie and was turned into a CBC radio play. Packard travelled to the South Seas in 1912 and he used the setting for some of his novels such as "The Gold Skull Murders" and "Two Stolen Idols". Packard's prolific work shows attention to local detail that adds colour to books that otherwise verged on the formulaic. (Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature)
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