Trusty Five-Fifteen
By: by G. Frank Lydston, M. D.
Edition: First edition, (Same date on title page and verso), limited to 1000 copies
Publisher: Burton Publishing Company
Published: 1921
Place of publication: Kansas City, MO
Language: eng
Number of pages: 564
Genres: Fiction
First sentence: "Mr. Hennessy was mad - mad clear through."
Description: Hardcover, green cloth, paper spine label, top edge gilt, limitation bookplate on front pastedown with number and author's signature.
Notes: An 1879 graduate of Bellevue Hospital Medical School in New York, Lydston became a specialist in genito-urinary surgery and venereal disease.  He taught, wrote prolifically in his field, managed what was said to be an extremely lucrative private practice, and became professor of criminal anthropology at Kent College of Law as well.  Other fiction titles include : Over the Hookah - The Tales of a Talkative Doctor (1896), Poker Jim, Gentleman, and Other Tales and Sketches (1908), Blood of the Fathers (1912), this last book is a play.
Table of contents: title: I. An Unconscious Rival; title: II. How It All Began; title: III. An Unsuccessful Cast; title: IV. Hennessy Begins Laying His Wires; title: V. The Frame-Up; title: VI. The Strike; title: VII. Trouble Begins Brewing; title: VIII. Trouble Maker and Peace Maker; title: IX. A Guest of the County; title: X. Creating an Atmosphere; title: XI. Laborers worthy of Their Hire; title: XII. Short Shrift; title: XIII. The New Deal; title: XIV. Hell on the Hudson; title: XV. The New Trusty; title: XVI. Bearding a Hobbyist in His Lair; title: XVII. A Revelation and a Caller Who Gets Called; title: XVIII. Mr. Hennessy Gets Another Jolt; title: XIX. More Star Visitors; title: XX. The Awakening; title: XXI. The Get-Away; title: XXII. The Argonaut; title: XXIII. The New School Ma'am; title: XXIV. Initiation a Tenderfoot; title: XXV. Luck Strikes the House of McGinnis; title: XXVI. Horton Hears Some Interesting Things and Censors the Press; title: XXVII. At the Little Red School House; title: XXVIII. Smithers Makes a Ten-Strike; title: XXVIX. Smithers Makes a Near-Bull's-Eye; title: XX. An Election and a Lost Number