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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 Glamorous Ghost

    First published in 1955 16 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition caseofglamorous00gard
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  • Cover of: The case of the lonely heiress

    First published in 1948 16 editions in 2 languages — 4 previewable Cover of edition caseoflonelyheir00erle Cover of edition caseoflonelyhe00gard Cover of edition caseoflonelyheir01gard
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  • Cover of: The case of the dangerous dowager

    First published in 1937 16 editions in 3 languages — 3 previewable Cover of edition caseofdangerous00gard Cover of edition casedangerousdow00gard
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  • Cover of: The case of the phantom fortune

    First published in 1964 16 editions in 4 languages — 3 previewable Cover of edition caseofphantomfor0000erle Cover of edition perrymasonunddie00gard_951
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  • Cover of: The case of the perjured parrot

    First published in 1939 16 editions in 2 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition caseofperjuredpa0000gard
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  • Cover of: The case of the foot-loose doll

    First published in 1958 15 editions in 3 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition caseoffootloosed0000gard
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  • Cover of: The case of the borrowed brunette

    First published in 1946 15 editions in 2 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition caseofborrowedbr0000gard
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  • Cover of: The case of the shoplifter's shoe

    First published in 1938 15 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition caseofshoplifter0000gard Cover of edition caseofshoplifter00gard
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  • Cover of: The case of the singing skirt

    First published in 1959 15 editions in 2 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition perrymasonunddie00gard_577
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  • Cover of: The case of the vagabond virgin

    First published in 1948 15 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition caseofvagabond00gard
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  • Cover of: The case of the restless redhead.

    First published in 1954 15 editions in 4 languages — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The case of the fiery fingers

    First published in 1951 15 editions in 4 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition perrymasonunddie00gard_574
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  • Cover of: Case of the Empty Tin

    First published in 1941 15 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition caseofemptytin00gard
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  • Cover of: Case of the dubious bridegroom

    First published in 1949 15 editions in 4 languages — 3 previewable Cover of edition caseofdubiousbri0000gard Cover of edition perrymasonunddie00gard_693
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  • Cover of: The Case of the Bigamous Spouse

    First published in 1961 14 editions in 3 languages — 3 previewable Cover of edition caseofbigamoussp00gard Cover of edition perrymasonunddie00gard_815
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  • Cover of: The case of the lucky legs

    First published in 1934 14 editions in 2 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition caseofluckylegs00gard
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  • Cover of: The case of the horrified heirs

    First published in 1964 14 editions in 3 languages — 4 previewable Cover of edition caseofhorrified00gard Cover of edition gehuaiguitai0000gard Cover of edition casehorrifiedhei00gard
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  • Cover of: The case of the troubled trustee.

    First published in 1965 14 editions in 3 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition casetroubledtrus00gard
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  • Cover of: The case of the screaming woman

    First published in 1957 14 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition caseofscreaming00gard
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  • Cover of: The Case of the Mischievous Doll

    First published in 1962 14 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition caseofmischievo00gard Cover of edition caseofmischievou00gard
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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