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The Middle of Things, 1922 by
J. S. Fletcher
其他書名
J. S. Fletcher (Original Classics)
出版
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
, 2016-04-13
主題
Fiction / General
ISBN
1532721900
9781532721908
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=VVfxjwEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
Joseph Smith Fletcher (7 February 1860 - 30 January 1933) was a British journalist and author. He wrote more than 230 books on a wide variety of subjects, both fiction and non-fiction, and was one of the leading writers of detective fiction in the "Golden Age Fletcher was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, the son of a clergyman. His father died when he was eight months old, and after which his grandmother raised him on a farm in Darrington, near Pontefract. He was educated at Silcoates School in Wakefield, and after some study of law, he became a journalis At age 20, Fletcher began working in journalism, as a sub-editor in London. He subsequently returned to his native Yorkshire, where he worked first on the Leeds Mercury using the pseudonym A Son of the Soil, and then as a special correspondent for the Yorkshire Post covering Edward VII's coronation in 1902. Fletcher's first books published were poetry. He then moved on to write numerous works of historical fiction and history, many dealing with Yorkshire, which led to his selection as a fellow of the Royal Historical Society.