I know exactly what is coming and how it is all going to end, but it doesn't matter. I don't know how many times I have reread the Nero Wolfe stories, but plenty. His narrative and dialogue could not be improved, and he passes the supreme test of being rereadable. Rex and Barbara, 1937 Rex and Pola, 1944 The signing of the Universal Copyright Convention, 1954 Rex with John McAleer, 1973 (Jill Krementz)įoreword Nobody who claims to be a competent critic can say that Rex Stout does not write well. Ripley, Shawnee County Historical Society, Topeka, Kansas) Rex on Mayflower The Stouts in New York Rex in 1916 Fay (Fay Koudrey) The Stouts, 1920 Rex in Montana, 1926 (Fay Koudrey) Rex with Joe MacGregor and Harland Knowlton (Fay Koudrey) Ripley, Shawnee County Historical Society, Topeka, Kansas) Lincoln School (John W. Ripley, Shawnee County Historical Society, Topeka, Kansas) The Stouts, circa 1893 Lucetta, circa 1920 John, circa 1918 (Natalie Stout Carr) Police Chief A. The Todhunter family (Virginia Pretzfelder) The Todhunter homestead (Virginia Pretzfelder) Nathan Stout Sophia Stout Stout's Mill (Natalie Stout Carr) Rex at six months Rex's birthplace (Bud Ayres) Clara Todhunter (From the Archives, Lilly Library, Earlham College) Oscar Benjamin Todhunter (From the Archives, Lilly Library, Earlham College) Hackberry Hall (Esther Doan Starbuck) John Stout, circa 1899 (John W. Illustrations (between pages 172 and 181 and 358 and 367) Unless otherwise noted, the photographs appear through the courtesy of Pola Stout. More than a Duke Master of Mystery The Best We Have The Mayflower Yearsīook IV: A LIBERAL A WAKENING 18. Rootstock and Genes-The Todhunters Book II: A PRAIRIE BOYHOODīook III: THE NOMADIC YEARS 11. Wodehouse Introductionīook I: HERITAGE 1. PS3537.T733Z78 813'.5'2 77-24896 ISBN 0-9ĭesigned by Susan Windheim Published simultaneously in Canada by Little, Brown âf Company (Canada) Limited PRINTEDĬontents Foreword by P. Novelists, American-20th century-Biography. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING IN PUBLICATION DATA Pilpel, Trustee under Clause 8 of the Will of Edna Ferber. The extract from Edna Ferber's letter on page 442 is reprinted with the permission of Harriet F. NO PART OF THIS BOOK MAY B E REPRODUCED IN ANY FORM OR BY ANY ELECTRONIC OR MECHANICAL MEANS INCLUDING INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL S Y S T E M S WITHOUT P E R M I S S I O N IN WRITING FROM THE P U B L I S H E R, EXCEPT BY A R E VIEWER WHO MAY QUOTE B R I E F PASSAGES IN A REVIEW. LB Little, Brown and Company-Boston-TorontoĪLL RIGHTS R E S E R V E D.
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