Master of Mysteries: The Complete Uncle Abner Collection

Master of mysteries! Post's best-known character is the mystery solving, justice dispensing West Virginian backwoodsman, Uncle Abner. The 22 Uncle Abner tales, written between 1911 and 1928, have been called some of " the finest mysteries ever written". They were serialized in American magazines (primarily The Saturday Evening Post) between 1911 and 1928. The first tale, " The Angel of the Lord", is perhaps the very first work in the historical mystery genre. Uncle Abner solved the mysteries that confronted him in a backwoods West Virginia community, immediately prior to the American Civil War and before the infant nation had any proper police system. He had two great attributes for his self-imposed task: a profound knowledge of and love of the scriptures, and a keen observation of human actions. This edition collects all 22 stories. "…an out-of-this-world target for future detective-story writers." – Ellery Queen