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Sample of authors
MacDonald, John D.
The American author John Dann MacDonald was born in Sharon, Pennsylvania. His father (who was of Scottish ancestry) pursued a career at the Savage Arms Corporation. When he was offered a promotion in 1926, the family moved to Utica, New York, where his son attended high school, graduating as late as in 1932 on account of a bout of scarlet fever in 1928-29. During his illness, MacDonald read...
Literary figures
Hamilton Cleek
Gender: Male
Since his childhood, he has been a thief, feared for his skill and his ability to disguise himself as quick as a flash so that he is totally unrecognisable. After he is 30, however, he adopts a new role and becomes a master detective, often engaged by Scotland Yard, author Thomas W. Hanshew tells us. Hamilton Cleek is tall, always elegantly dressed, has a narrow nose, looks aristocratic and...