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Courts, Criminals and the Camorra (Annotated)
註釋Differentiated book* It has a historical context with research of the time-Arthur Cheney Train (September 6, 1875 - December 22, 1945), also called Arthur Chesney Train, was an American lawyer and writer of legal thrillers, particularly known for his intrigue novels in court and the creation of fictional lawyer Sr Ephraim Tutt. Train was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on September 6, 1875. His father was attorney Charles Russell Train, who served for many years as the Massachusetts attorney general, and his mother was Sara Maria Cheney. After attending St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire, Train graduated with a BA from Harvard University in 1896 and LLB from Harvard Law School in 1899. In January 1901, Train became an assistant at the New York County District Attorney's office.In 1904 he began his literary career with the publication of the story "The diamond of Maximilian" in Leslie's Monthly. He ran both careers in parallel until 1908 when he left the District Attorney's office to open a general law practice at the Mutual Life Building at 34 Nassau Street in New York City. His 1907 novel Mortmain was one of the first works in the genre of Alien Hand Syndrome and was adapted into a 1915 film of the same name that is now lost.