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Erle Stanley Gardner

17 July 1889 - 11 March 1970

Erle Stanley Gardner (July 17, 1889 – March 11, 1970) was a prolific American author. A former lawyer, he is best known for the Perry Mason series of legal detective stories, but he wrote numerous other novels and shorter pieces and also a series of nonfiction books, mostly narrations of his travels through Baja California and other regions in Mexico.

The best-selling American author of the 20th century at the time of his death, Gardner also published under numerous pseudonyms, including A. A. Fair, Carl Franklin Ruth, Carleton Kendrake, Charles M. Green, Charles J. Kenny, Edward Leaming, Grant Holiday, Kyle Corning, Les Tillray, Robert Parr, Stephen Caldwell, and once as the Perry Mason character Della Street ("The Case of the Suspect Sweethearts"). Three stories were published as Anonymous ("A Fair Trial", "Part Music and Part Tears", and "You Can't Run Away from Yourself" aka "The Jazz Baby")

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  • Cover of: The case of the velvet claws

    First published in 1933 28 editions in 3 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition surlacorderaide0000gard

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  • Cover of: The case of the curious bride

    First published in 1934 26 editions in 3 languages — 3 previewable Cover of edition caseofcuriousbri00gard Cover of edition casecuriousbride00gard
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  • Cover of: The case of the rolling bones

    First published in 1939 26 editions in 3 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition caseofrollingbon00gard
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  • Cover of: The case of : the gilded lily: the daring decoy, the fiery fingers, the lucky loser, the calendar girl, the deadly toy, the mischievous doll, the amorous aunt

    First published in 1956 25 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition caseofgildedlily0000gard_d6n9 Cover of edition caseofgildedlily00gard
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  • Cover of: The case of the sulky girl

    First published in 1937 22 editions in 2 languages — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The case of the deadly toy

    First published in 1959 21 editions in 2 languages — 3 previewable Cover of edition sprawasmierciono0000gard Cover of edition caseofdeadlytoy00gard
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  • Cover of: The Case of the Careless Kitten (Perry Mason Mystery)

    First published in 1942 21 editions in 3 languages — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Case of the Cautious Coquette

    First published in 1949 21 editions in 3 languages — 3 previewable Cover of edition dieschwarzelimou0000gard Cover of edition caseofcautious00erle
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  • Cover of: The case of the terrified typist.

    First published in 1956 20 editions in 2 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition caseofterrified00gard
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  • Cover of: The case of the substitute face

    First published in 1938 20 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: El Caso del Tartamudo (Perry Mason, 18)

    First published in 1936 20 editions in 2 languages — 3 previewable Cover of edition caseofstuttering00gard Cover of edition casestutteringbi00gard
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    First published in 1935 19 editions in 4 languages — 3 previewable Cover of edition caseofcounterfei00gard Cover of edition casecounterfeite00gard
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  • Cover of: The Case of the Baited Hook

    First published in 1940 19 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition caseofbaitedhook00gard
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  • Cover of: The Case of the Lucky Loser

    First published in 1957 18 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The case of the drowsy mosquito

    First published in 1943 18 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Case of the daring divorcee

    First published in 1964 18 editions in 3 languages — 5 previewable Cover of edition caseofdaringdivo00gard Cover of edition caseofdaringdi00gard Cover of edition perrymasonundder00gard Cover of edition perrymasoncaseda00gard
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  • Cover of: The case of the crooked candle

    First published in 1940 18 editions in 3 languages — 5 previewable Cover of edition caseofcrookedcan0000gard Cover of edition isbn_0345341643 Cover of edition caseofcrookedcan00gard Cover of edition caseofcrookedc00gard
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  • Cover of: The case of the mythical monkeys

    First published in 1959 17 editions in 2 languages — 3 previewable Cover of edition caseofmythical00gard_0 Cover of edition caseofmythicalmo00gard
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  • Cover of: The case of the sun bather's diary: [a Perry Mason mystery]

    First published in 1955 17 editions in 2 languages — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1937 17 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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Subjects
Fiction, Perry Mason (Fictitious character), Large type books, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Trials (Murder), Detective and mystery stories, Lawyers, fiction, Fiction, legal, American Detective and mystery stories, Mason, perry (fictitious character), fiction, Los angeles (calif.), fiction, California, fiction, Fiction in English, Translations into Russian, Open Library Staff Picks, Fiction, crime, Description and travel, Mason, Perry (Fictitious character), Public prosecutors, Lawyers, Crime, fiction, Detective and mystery stories, American, Popular Print Disabled Books, American Legal stories, American fiction
Places
United States, Baja California (Mexico), California, Los Angeles, New Southwest, Mexico, Sacramento River (Calif.), American Desert (Armagosa Creek), Arizona, Baja California (Mexico : Peninsula), Baker Street, CA, Delta Region, Delta Region (Calif.), Gaitlin, Grand Island, Jamaica, London, Nebraska, Puget Sound (Wash.), Sacramento River, Santa Monica, Southern California, West (U.S.), southern California
People
Perry Mason, Perry Mason (Fictitious character), Bertha Cool (fictional characters), Della Street, Donal Lam, Adam Greenlaw, Amos Deigan, Archie, Baby Hortense, Bertha Cool, Bob Zane, Buck Owens, Burt Robeson, Carlos, Clayton Gilman, Craig Boardman, David, Dick Sprague, Donald Lam, Donna Stigman, Duncan Ross, Edward Hollis, Elizabeth Taylor, Eve Tobin, Fortunato
Time
1950's, 1890, 1930's, 1958, 20th century, 20th century mysteries, Around 1930, Late 1940's, carnival, early 1960s, mid-1930's

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Alternative names

  • A. A. Fair
  • Kyle Corning
  • Charles M. Green
  • Carleton Kendrake
  • Charles J. Kenny
  • Robert Parr
  • Les Tillray
  • Stephen Caldwell
  • Della Street
  • Carl Franklin Ruth
  • Edward Leaming
  • Grant Holiday
  • A.A.Fair
  • Gardner Es
  • Gardner E.S.
  • A A.Fair

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March 6, 2024 Edited by mheiman merge authors
March 4, 2024 Edited by mheiman Cleaned up alternate names
March 4, 2024 Edited by mheiman merge authors
March 4, 2024 Edited by mheiman Cleaned up alternate names
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import