The Chinese Parrot Charlie Chan 2

Author : Earl Derr Biggers
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781543248289
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Chinese Parrot (Charlie Chan #2) written by Earl Derr Biggers and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-02-21 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Chinese Parrot (1926) is the second novel in the Charlie Chan series of mystery novels by Earl Derr Biggers. It is the first in which Chan travels from Hawaii to mainland California, and involves a crime whose exposure is hastened by the death of a parrot. The story concerns a valuable string of pearls which is purchased by a wealthy and eccentric financier. The handsome young son of the jeweller is assigned to shepherd the transfer of the pearls to the financier's vacation home in a desert area of California. Because of his long association with the owner of the pearls-before joining the police force, he was her houseboy-Charlie Chan travels from Hawaii to California with the pearls. After two mysterious deaths, first of a Chinese-speaking parrot and then of the household's Chinese man-of-all-work, Charlie Chan masquerades as a pidgin-speaking cook named Ah Kim and works underground to solve a number of crimes. Along the way, the jeweller's son meets a beautiful young woman who works as a location scout and decides to stay in the California desert.

Author : Earl Derr Biggers
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 1667660586
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Chinese Parrot written by Earl Derr Biggers and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2023-01-13 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second of the Charlie Chan mysteries bring the Honolulu detective to mainland California, where he investigates crime whose exposure is hastened by the death of a parrot.

Author : D. Biggers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Chinese Parrot written by D. Biggers and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Earl Derr Biggers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Chinese Parrot written by Earl Derr Biggers and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Earl Derr Biggers
Publisher : New York : Avon
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Chinese Parrot : a Charlie Chan Mystery written by Earl Derr Biggers and published by New York : Avon. This book was released on 1951 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Earl Derr Biggers
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 : 9781097346523
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Chinese Parrot written by Earl Derr Biggers and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-05-08 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Earl Derr Biggers was an American novelist and playwright. He is remembered primarily for his novels, especially those featuring the fictional Chinese American detective Charlie Chan, from which popular films were made in the United States and China.

Author : Earl Derr Biggers
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1473371562
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Charlie Chan Carries On written by Earl Derr Biggers and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2015-07-03 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This early work by Earl Derr Biggers was originally published in 1930 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. "Charlie Chan Carries On" is the fifth novel in the Charlie Chan series. Inspector Duff, a Scotland Yard detective and friend of Chan's, first introduced in Behind That Curtain, is pursuing a murderer on an around-the-world voyage; so far, there have been murders in London, France, Italy and Japan. While his ship is docked in Honolulu, the detective is shot and wounded by his quarry; though he survives, he is unable to continue with the cruise, and Chan takes his place instead. Earl Derr Biggers was born on 26th August 1884 in Warren, Ohio, USA. Biggers received his further education at Harvard University, where he developed a reputation as a literary rebel, preferring the popular modern authors, such as Rudyard Kipling and Richard Harding Davis to the established figures of classical literature. Following in their footsteps upon graduating, he himself began a career as a popular writer, penning humorous articles and reviews for the Boston Traveler. While on holiday in Hawaii, Biggers heard tales of a real-life Chinese detective operating in Honolulu, named Chang Apana. This inspired him to create his most enduring legacy in the character of super-sleuth Charlie Chan. The first Chan story "The House Without a Key" (1925) was published as a serialised story in the Saturday Evening Post and then released as a novel in the same year. Biggers went on to write five more Chan novels and all were licensed for movie adaptations by Fox Films. These films were hugely popular with several different actors taking the lead role of Chan. Eventually; over 40 films were produced featuring the character. Biggers only saw the early on-screen successes of Charlie Chan due to his death at the age of only 48 from a heart attack in April 1933.

Author : Yunte Huang
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393340392
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Charlie Chan: The Untold Story of the Honorable Detective and His Rendezvous with American History written by Yunte Huang and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2011-08-15 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of cinematic hero Charlie Chan, based on the real-life Chinese immigrant detective, Chang Apana, whose bravado inspired mystery writer Earl Derr Biggers to depict his fictional sleuth as a wisecracking and wise investigator rather than a stereotype.

Author : Earl Derr Biggers
Publisher : Standard Ebooks
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The House Without a Key written by Earl Derr Biggers and published by Standard Ebooks. This book was released on 2023-05-10T20:44:43Z with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in 1925, The House Without a Key introduces the kindly detective Charlie Chan, conceived by Earl Derr Biggers as a counter to the “Yellow Peril” stereotypes common in the era’s society. John Quincy Winterslip, having been sent by his family to convince his aunt to return to Boston, arrives in Honolulu to find that a rich family member with a shady past has been murdered. Detective Charlie Chan of the Honolulu Police Department recruits John to aid in the investigation. As he works to uncover the murderer, John learns about Chinese culture—and true love. This book is part of the Standard Ebooks project, which produces free public domain ebooks.

Author : Earl Derr Biggers
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1473371554
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Black Camel written by Earl Derr Biggers and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2015-07-03 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This early work by Earl Derr Biggers was originally published in 1929 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. "The Black Camel" tells the story of a Hollywood star (Shelah Fane), who is stopping in Hawaii after she finished shooting a film on location in Tahiti. She is murdered in the pavilion of her renter house in Waikiki during her stay. Chan, in his position as a detective with the Honolulu Police Department, "investigates amid public clamor demanding that the murderer be found and punished immediately. "Death is a black camel that kneels unbidden at every gate. Tonight black camel has knelt here", Chan tells the suspects. Earl Derr Biggers was born on 26th August 1884 in Warren, Ohio, USA. Biggers received his further education at Harvard University, where he developed a reputation as a literary rebel, preferring the popular modern authors, such as Rudyard Kipling and Richard Harding Davis to the established figures of classical literature. Following in their footsteps upon graduating, he himself began a career as a popular writer, penning humorous articles and reviews for the Boston Traveler. While on holiday in Hawaii, Biggers heard tales of a real-life Chinese detective operating in Honolulu, named Chang Apana. This inspired him to create his most enduring legacy in the character of super-sleuth Charlie Chan. The first Chan story "The House Without a Key" (1925) was published as a serialised story in the Saturday Evening Post and then released as a novel in the same year. Biggers went on to write five more Chan novels and all were licensed for movie adaptations by Fox Films. These films were hugely popular with several different actors taking the lead role of Chan. Eventually; over 40 films were produced featuring the character. Biggers only saw the early on-screen successes of Charlie Chan due to his death at the age of only 48 from a heart attack in April 1933.