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Edmund Lester Pearson

Edmund Lester Pearson was an American librarian and author. He was a writer of the "true crime" literary genre. He is best known for his account of the notorious Lizzie Borden murder case.

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American librarian, non-fiction crime writer

Born 1880
Died 1937

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  • Cover of: The Voyage of the Hoppergrass

    First published in 1913 — 8 editions
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  • Cover of: The old librarian's almanack

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  • Cover of: The secret book

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  • Cover of: More studies in murder

    First published in 1936 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: believing years

    First published in 1911 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The librarian at play.

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  • Cover of: Murder at Smutty Nose: and other murders

    First published in 1926 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Queer books.

    First published in 1928 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Murder at Smutty Nose, and other murders

    First published in 1938 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Dime novels: or, following an old trail in popular literature.

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  • Cover of: Masterpieces of murder: an Edmund Pearson true crime reader

    First published in 1963 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The adventure of the lost manuscripts & one other

    First published in 1974 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Book-reviews

    First published in 1917 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Books in Black or Red

    First published in 1975 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Five murders: with a final note on the Borden case

    First published in 1928 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The library and the librarian: a selection of articles from the Boston evening transcript and other sources

    First published in 1910 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Murders that baffled the experts.

    First published in 1967 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Sherlock Holmes and the Drood mystery.

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American librarian, non-fiction crime writer

Born 1880
Died 1937

Subjects

Murder, Anecdotes, facetiae, satire, Libraries, Anecdotes, Fiction, Librarians, Crime and criminals, History and criticism, Humor, Trials (Murder), American Almanacs, American Detective and mystery stories, American Dime novels, American fiction, American literature, Americanliterature, Books, Books and reading, Detective and mystery stories, American, Dime novels, Farm life, Missing persons, New York Public Library, Parodies, imitations, Private investigators

Places

United States, England, Ezra Beesly Free Public Library, Great Britain

People

Arthur Conan Doyle Sir (1859-1930), Cornelia Crumpet, Fritilla Lee Larkin, Pansy Peterson

Time

19th century, 1810

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September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
May 9, 2018 Edited by MCMattiello Added bio
May 8, 2018 Edited by MCMattiello Added new photo
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import