Melville Davisson Post
The Post stories of Uncle Abner predate the Golden Age, appearing between 1913 and
1918, but they deserve recognition since they foreshadow the tough, 'hard-boiled'
character of many later American mysteries - but this time in a rural setting, remote
Virginia in the nineteenth century.
Abner, as seen through the eyes of his nephew the narrator, is a stern instrument of
divine retribution on murderers and thieves.
Bibliography:
Uncle Abner, Master of Mysteries (Tom Stacey Reprints 1972) ISBN 0 85468 131 0
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