Christopher B. Booth

• Jan-2006
• / General Fiction
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The Adventures of Mr. Clackworthy presents 8 tales of Christopher Booth's antihero -- Amos Clackworthy, swindler extraordinaire. Together with his henchman The Early Bird, Mr. Clackworthy pursues a life of crime, preying on those who deserve to be co...

• Jan-2006
• / Mystery
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Eight short stories featuring Amos Clackworthy and The Early Bird, two Chicago conmen, taken from the pages of the classic pulp fiction magazine, Detective Story Magazine. Introduction by Steve Lewis. Part of the Wildside Pulp Classics series....

• Oct-2007
• / Mystery
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• Nov-2013
• / General Fiction
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Isabel Egenton Ostrander (1885-1924), who wrote under pen names including Christopher B. Booth and Robert Orr Chipperfield, was one of the first writers to use the murderer's point of view in a detective story....

• May-2021
• / Mystery
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"Christopher B. Booth is almost entirely forgotten today; but in 1910s through the 1930s, he was a prolific author of mysteries and westerns under his own name and the pseudonuym “John Jay Chichester.” Street & Smith’s book publishing arm, ...

• Jan-2022
• / Mystery
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When Amos Clackworthy, conman deluxe, spots a billboard proclaiming free factory sites for new industries, he gets off his train to investigate. Sure enough, he finds greedy men out to fleece would-be industrialists. And he can't wait to part them fr...

• Jan-2022
• / Mystery
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Conman extraordinaire Amos Clackworthy was the primary mystery character of Christopher Belvard Booth (1889-1950) in the 1920s. Together with his henchman, the Early Bird, he raised grifting to new levels -- and his targets were always those greedy, ...

• Apr-2022
• / Historical Mystery
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Amos Clackworthy, conman deluxe, has a new get-rich-quick scheme using investments. But his intricately laid plans may come to nothing because he forgot to leave his latest mark enough time to get his money to Chicago from Texas!...

• Jul-2022
• / Historical Mystery
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Christopher B. Booth is best known for his tales of conman de luxe Amos Clackworthy (who always has a new scheme to part the wealthy and undeserving from their ill-gotten gains). But this tale focuses on...