ISBN: 9781442943858

Songs of the Road is a book of poems by Arthur Conan Doyle, published in March 1911 by Smith, Elder & Co. in 2,000 copies. The remainders of 895 copies were reissued by John Murray in Jan… Mehr…

Songs of the Road is a book of poems by Arthur Conan Doyle, published in March 1911 by Smith, Elder & Co. in 2,000 copies. The remainders of 895 copies were reissued by John Murray in January 1920. An American edition was published by Doubleday, Page & Co. in October 1911 with 971 copies. Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle DL (22 May 1859 - 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer who is most noted for his fictional stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally Songs of the Road is a book of poems by Arthur Conan Doyle, published in March 1911 by Smith, Elder & Co. in 2,000 copies. The remainders of 895 copies were reissued by John Murray in January 1920. An American edition was published by Doubleday, Page & Co. in October 1911 with 971 copies. Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle DL (22 May 1859 - 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer who is most noted for his fictional stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction. He is also known for writing the fictional adventures of a second character he invented, Professor Challenger, and for popularising the mystery of the Mary Celeste. He was a prolific writer whose other works include fantasy and science fiction stories, plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction, and historical novels. Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective created by Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, a graduate of the University of Edinburgh Medical School. A London-based "consulting detective" whose abilities border on the fantastic, Holmes is famous for his astute logical reasoning, his ability to adopt almost any disguise, and his use of forensic science skills to solve difficult cases. Holmes, who first appeared in publication in 1887, was featured in four novels and 56 short stories. The first novel, A Study in Scarlet, appeared in Beeton's Christmas Annual in 1887 and the second, The Sign of the Four, in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine in 1890. The character grew tremendously in popularity with the first series of short stories in The Strand Magazine, beginning with "A Scandal in Bohemia" in 1891; further series of short stories and two novels published in serial form appeared between then and 1927. The stories cover a period from around 1880 up to 1914.All but four stories are narrated by Holmes's friend and biographer, Dr. John H. Watson; two are narrated by Holmes himself ("The Blanched Soldier" and EBooks, Books~~History~~General, Songs-of-the-Road~~Arthur-Conan-Doyle, 999999999, Songs of the Road, Arthur Conan Doyle, 1442943858, ReadHowYouWant, , , , , ReadHowYouWant<