Earl Derr Biggers
Earl Derr Biggers was an American journalist, novelist, writer and playwright (1884–1933). He was born at Warren and died at Pasadena.
Earl Derr Biggers in brief
- Born
- 1884
- Died
- 1933
- Known for
- journalist, novelist, writer and playwright
- Place of birth
- Warren
Contents
Catalogued works
35 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and The Art Institute of Chicago.
Charlie Chan. The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan. Number One Son. The Chinese Parrot. The House Without a Key. Charlie Chan Carries On. Behind That Curtain. Keeper of the Keys. The Black Camel. Seven Keys to Baldpate. The Dollar Chasers. The Agony Column. Rusudan. The second floor mystery. House Without a Key. Love Insurance. Derrière ce rideau. Detective, Mystery, Crime, and Horror Books on CD. Earl Derr Biggers - Love Insurance. Agony Column and the Ebony Stick (2 Books). Inside the Lines. Chinese Parrot. Charlie Chan Collection. Hranitel Kluchey. Agony Column. Love Insurance. by. Complete Charlie Chan Vol 2. Earl Derr Biggers - Fifty Candles. Earl Derr Biggers, Collection Novels. Complete Charlie Chan Vol 1. Black Camel. Earl Derr Biggers, Best Novels. Fifty Candles. Agony Column-Illustrated. Afropick, dated 2005, two color woodcut on mulberry paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2009.706.
In public collections
Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.
The Art Institute of Chicago: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue.
Literature
6 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
Biggers, Earl Derr (1884-1933), novelist, short-story writer, and playwright, American National Biography Online, 2000. [45] EARL DERR BIGGERS. The House Without a Key. Indianapolis, Ind.: Bobbs-Merrill, 1925, Books About Hawaii, 1977. The Psittacine Witness: Parrot Talk and Animal Ethics in Earl Derr Biggers’ The Chinese Parrot and Earl Stanley Gardner’s The Case of the Perjured Parrot, Palgrave Studies in Animals and Literature, 2022. Biggers, John, Oxford Art Online, 2010. Biggers, John Thomas, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Review of Yunte Huang, Charlie Chan: The Untold story of the Honorable Detective and his rendezvous with American history, Studia Orientalia Electronica, 2014.
Digitised editions and texts
13 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive and Project Gutenberg.
Keeper of the keys (1932) — Internet Archive. the house without a key (1925) — Internet Archive. Seven Keys to Baldpate (1913) — Internet Archive. THE BLACK CAMEL # 4 EARL DERR BIGGERS CHARLIE CHAN SERIES GUNSTON CLASSICS (1929) — Internet Archive. The black camel (1975) — Internet Archive. SEVEN KEYS TO BALDPATE 1 EARL DERR BIGGERS - GUNSTON CLASSICS (1913) — Internet Archive. Earl Derr Biggers Short Stories (1913) — Internet Archive. Biggers (1926) The Chinese Parrot (1926) — Internet Archive. The Chinese Parrot (1926) — Internet Archive. The Agony Column — Project Gutenberg. Inside the Lines — Project Gutenberg. 苦悶の欄 — Project Gutenberg. Love Insurance — Project Gutenberg.
Scholarly footprint
Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 26 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Evidence base
This article draws on 6 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 6 means 6 genuinely separate publishers of record. 11 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
Chronology
- 1884Earl Derr Biggers born at Warren.
- 1913Seven Keys To Baldpate digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1913Seven Keys to Baldpate digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1913SEVEN KEYS TO BALDPATE 1 EARL DERR BIGGERS - GUNSTON CLASSICS digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1925the house without a key digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1929THE BLACK CAMEL # 4 EARL DERR BIGGERS CHARLIE CHAN SERIES GUNSTON CLASSICS digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1930charles chan carries on digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1932Keeper of the keys digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1933Earl Derr Biggers died at Pasadena.
- 1942Behind That Curtain digitised by Internet Archive.
- 19451945 Charlie Chan And The Jade Mask digitised by Internet Archive.
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
- 1.
Biggers, Earl Derr (1884-1933), novelist, short-story writer, and playwright, American National Biography Online, 2000
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 2.
Open Library author record for Earl Derr Biggers (Internet Archive), 45 catalogued works.
Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive
Consult the source - 3.
The Psittacine Witness: Parrot Talk and Animal Ethics in Earl Derr Biggers’ The Chinese Parrot and Earl Stanley Gardner’s The Case of the Perjured Parrot, Palgrave Studies in Animals and Literature, 2022
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 4.
Directory of Open Access Journals lists 1 article naming Earl Derr Biggers.
open access index · Unverified
Consult the source - 5.
Gemeinsame Normdatei 1189219565, Rezension von: Earl Derr Biggers, Das Haus ohne Schlüssel.
authority file · Unverified · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
Consult the source - 6.
Internet Archive, 76 digitised items catalogued under Earl Derr Biggers as creator.
digital repository · Unverified
Consult the source - 7.
Project Gutenberg holds 6 full texts attributed to Earl Derr Biggers.
digital repository · Unverified
Consult the source - 8.
The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Earl Derr Biggers.
museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago
Consult the source - 9.
Wikidata, structured authority record Q983421: Earl Derr Biggers
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation
Consult the source - 10.
“Earl Derr Biggers”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
Consult the source
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