num_pages: 240
description: Sherlock Holmes in America is a treasure-house of long-hidden or -forgotten Sherlockian. Reprinted here are countless examples of fabled but long-unseen American Sherlockian art: story illustrations comic strips and cartoons motion picture advertisements and business advertisements incorporating the Holmes image. Stories are included also - hilarious American burlesques of Arthur Conan Doyle's Great Detective; and there are critics' reviews of old and new Holmes stage productions and of the many Holmes films...gems of Holmes poetry...letters and news items...and serious Sherlockian commentary aplenty. CONTENTS Foreword: The American Profile of Sherlock Holmes by Dean Dickensheet Introduction: Dealings with the Firm of Calabash Deerstalker and Lens - The Image of Sherlock Holmes in Popular Art and Literature by Bill Blackbeard Story Illustrations Dramatic Cinematic and Radio Reviews and Advertisements The Holmes Image in Advertising Pseudo-Sherlockian Stories and Burlesques: I A Variety of Sherlockian Commentary Comic Strips and Cartoons Pseudo-Sherlockian Stories and Burlesques: II The Real Right Thing: Arthur Conan Doyle's The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor Envoi An Index
language: English
title: Sherlock Holmes in America
publisher: H.N. Abrams