Studies in Starrett

Studies in Starrett

An exploration of the works of Charles Vincent Emerson Starrett

(October 26, 1886 – January 5, 1974)

Curated by Ray Betzner
Original content owned and copyrighted by Ray Betzner

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Pirates, desert islands and mermaids.

March 29, 2019 by Ray Betzner

Or “Pirrrrates, merrrrmaids and deserrrrt islands. Arrrrgh.”

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March 29, 2019 /Ray Betzner
In Praise of Stevenson: An Anthology, Treasure island, THe Bookfellows of Chicago, Long John Silver, Reedy's Mirror, Covici-McGee, Dead Man's Chest, The Colophon, The Dates in the Red-Headed League, Dorothy L. Sayers, A Speck on the Map, Robinson Crusoe, The Sign of the Four, Kdakk, Ballad of Brobdingnag, Gulliver, Jonathan Swift, Books Alive, Books and Bipeds, Lilliput, Blefuscu, Fridolf Johnson, mermaids, Guy and Constance Jones, Peabody's Mermaid
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"The finest … of Holmesian scholarship"

October 24, 2018 by Ray Betzner

The finest flowering of Holmesian scholarship

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October 24, 2018 /Ray Betzner
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Howard Haycraft, The Art of the Mystery Story, Murder for Pleasure, Twentieth Century Authors, Edmund Wilson, Dorothy L. Sayers, Rex Stout, "Watson was a Woman", Ellery Queen, THe Life and Times of the Detective Story, Otto Penzler
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From the Library of "Ellery Queen"

June 22, 2017 by Ray Betzner

A little book with a big signature.

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June 22, 2017 /Ray Betzner
Ellery Queen, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Mystery League, Crime and Detection (Second Series), Oxford University Press, Humphrey Milford, Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur Conan Doyle, R. Austin Freeman, Dorothy L. Sayers, G.K. Chesterson, Fridolf Johnson, Foyles, Barnaby Ross, Frederic Dannay, Manfred Lee, University of Minnesota, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, The Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Unique Hamlet
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A Case of Identity: Vincent Starrett among the critics, Part 1

February 07, 2015 by Ray Betzner

The first part of a series looking at how critics have evaluated Vincent Starrett's overall contributions to the mystery genre.

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February 07, 2015 /Ray Betzner
Howard Haycraft, The Art of the Mystery Story, Murder for Pleasure, The University of Minnesota, Elmer L. Davis Library, Midnight and Percy Jones, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Vincent Starrett, Ellery Queen, Dorothy L. Sayers, Rex Stout, Otto Penzler
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