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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The Devon County Chronicle: Vincent Starrett Edition

January 09, 2020 by Ray Betzner

A fanzine’s affectionate festschrift

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January 09, 2020 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, Robert Hahn, Robert Walter Hahn, Julie McKuras, The Devon County Chronicle, John Bennett Shaw, Ben Abramson, Argus Book Shop, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Baker Street Irregulars, Hounds of the Baskerville (sic), William S. Baring-Gould, James keddie Jr., Rex Stout, August Derleth, Julian Wolff, Charles Honce, Belden Wigglesworth, Hugo's Companions
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'Sincerely yours, S.C. Roberts'

November 16, 2019 by Ray Betzner

Holmes & Watson & Starrett & Roberts & Smith & Wolff

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November 16, 2019 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, S.C. Roberts, Holmes & Watson, Baker Street Studies, A Note on the Watson Problem, "221B", he Private Life of Sherlock Holmes., Dear Starrett—/Dear Briggs—, Doctor Watson: Prolegomena to the study of biographical problem, University Press Cambridge, Rex Stout, "Watson was a Woman", Saturday Review of Literature, "Christmas Eve", “The Strange Case of the Megatherium Deaths.”
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The 1960 edition among the critics

November 16, 2018 by Ray Betzner

Holmes charms them again

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November 16, 2018 /Ray Betzner
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Chicago Tribune, Charles Collins, In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes, Michael Harrison, Rex Stout, Anthony Boucher, The Hounds of the Baskerville, James Buchholtz, Delphos, Ohio, The New York Times, The New Republic, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, A. Mervyn Davies
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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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The Grand Master

November 29, 2016 by Ray Betzner

Vincent Starrett and the Mystery Writers of America

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November 29, 2016 /Ray Betzner
Mystery Writers of America, Grand Master, Agatha Christie, Born in a Bookshop, Ellery Queen, Rex Stout, Harry Hanson, Anthony Boucher, Tony Boucher, The Eleventh Juror, Clayton Rawson, Lawrence Treat, Brett Halliday, The New York Times, The Chicago Daily News, Chicago Daily Tribune
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An Icon in the Making

August 13, 2016 by Ray Betzner

From Starrett to Loving to Zimmer and more

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August 13, 2016 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, Don Loving, Mathew Zimmer, Charles Honce, A Vincent Starrett Library, Autolycus in Limbo, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, The Great All-Star Animal Base Ball Game, Steven Rothman, Steven Doyle, Francine Kitts, Robert Thomalen, The Golden Eagle Press, S.A. Jacobs, Pascal Covici, W.S. Hall, Frederic Dorr Steele, Edgar W. Smith, Rex Stout, Christopher Morley, Earle F. Walbridge, Michael Murphy, Fridolf Johnson
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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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