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    American author (1869–1930)

    Melville Davisson Post was an American writer, born in Harrison County, West Virginia. Although his name is not immediately familiar to those outside of specialist circles, many of his collections are still in print, and many collections of detective fiction include works by him. Post's best-known character is the mystery solving, justice dispensing West Virginian backwoodsman, Uncle Abner. The 22 Uncle Abner tales, written between 1911 and 1928, have been called some of "the finest mysteries ever written". Post's other recurring characters include the lawyers Randolph Mason and Colonel Braxton, and the detectives Sir Henry Marquis and Monsieur Jonquelle. His total output was approximately 230 titles, including several non-crime novels. Wikipedia

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    Melville Davisson Post (April 19, 1869 - June 23, 1930) was an American writer, born in Harrison County, West Virginia. [1] Although his name is not immediately familiar to those outside of specialist circles, many of his collections are still in print, and many collections of detective fiction include works by him.
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    Writer Melville Davisson Post (April 19, 1869 - June 23, 1930) was born in Harrison County. He became immensely popular as a writer starting with his 1896 short story collection, The Strange Schemes of Randolph Mason (Putnam). He continued to publish until his death. Much of his work is set in the 19th-century West Virginia countryside, but he ...
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    Scope and Contents Papers of Melville Davisson Post (1869-1930), an American mystery and detective short story writer in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. The bulk of the materials date from 1850 to 1929 and primarily consist of Melville Davisson Post's personal and business letters and family financial and legal papers. Business ...
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    Melville Davisson Post (1869-1930) was an American author whose best-known creation was Uncle Abner, a character who solved mysteries in 19th-century backwoods Virginia community. This novel is a classic Locked Room mystery, where three men--a judge... The Legal Exploits Of Randolph Mason.
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    Melville Davisson Post (April 19, 1869-June 23, 1930) is an American author, born in Harrison County, West Virginia. He earned a law degree from West Virginia University in 1892, and was married in 1903 to Ann Bloomfield Gamble Schofield. Their only child, a son, died at eighteen months old and Mrs. Post died of pneumonia in 1919. ...
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    Born:April 19, 1869Died:June 23, 1930 (aged 61)
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    Author. Born Melville Davisson Post at Templemoor, near Raccoon Creek, West Virginia, the son of Ira and Florence Davisson Post. He earned a law degree from the University West Virginia in 1892 and practiced law for 11 years. He then began writing short mystery stories that were picked up by magazines such as 'The...
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    Dec 1, 2024Melville Davisson Post 1514876 Q1475826 Melville Davisson Post Melville Davisson Post Melville Davisson Post American author of mystery novels. Best known for the creation of the mystery solving, justice dispensing West Virginian backwoodsman, Uncle Abner .
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    Melville Davisson Post was born on April 19, 1869, the son of Florence May Davisson (1843-1914) and Ira Carper Post (1842-1923). Florence and Ira Post married in October 1866 and had five children: Maud, Melville, Emma, Sydney, and Florence. Ira raised cattle in Harrison County, West Virginia, and held numerous herds of cattle as well as ...
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    Melville Davisson Post. Writer Melville Davisson Post (April 19, 1869-June 23, 1930) was born in Harrison County. He became immensely popular as a writer starting with his 1896 short story collection, The Strange Schemes of Randolph Mason (Putnam). He continued to publish until his death. Much of his work is set in the 19th-century West ...

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