The Wire Devils
Autor Frank L. Packarden Limba Engleză Paperback – 25 mar 2013
Best known for his Jimmie Dale series of books, which have sold more than 3 million copies worldwide, Frank L. Packard first published The Wire Devils in 1918. A “wire thriller” that uses the booming railroads and telegraph lines of the old West as its backdrop for fast-paced adventure, The Wire Devils follows a criminal gang of the same name who hijack a railroad’s telegraph lines to glean information about profitable shipments. But foiling them again and again is the Hawk, the outlaw hero who robs from the robbers and is ultimately on the side of law and order.
Combining elements from dime-store novels and Packard’s own experience on the rails, The Wire Devils is at once a hybrid western and a thriller still worth reading nearly a century after it was written.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780816684564
ISBN-10: 0816684561
Pagini: 336
Dimensiuni: 127 x 191 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.31 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: University of Minnesota Press
Colecția Univ Of Minnesota Press
ISBN-10: 0816684561
Pagini: 336
Dimensiuni: 127 x 191 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.31 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: University of Minnesota Press
Colecția Univ Of Minnesota Press
Notă biografică
Frank L. Packard (1877–1942) was a widely published Canadian writer of crime fiction. He was the author of nearly thirty books published from 1914 to 1938. Robert MacDougall is associate professor of history at the University of Western Ontario.
Recenzii
"Ingenious . . . Contains twists and exciting moments in sufficient number to make it an agreeable companion with which to pass a couple of idle evenings." —New York Times
Descriere
The Wire Devils follows a criminal gang of the same name who hijack a railroad’s telegraph lines to glean information about profitable shipments. Combining elements from dime-store novels and Frank L. Packard’s own experience on the rails, this is at once a hybrid western and a thriller still worth reading nearly a century after it was written.