Anomalous: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Featuring Jack Johnson and Alphonse Capone
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Featuring Jack Johnson and Alphonse Capone
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- Paperback
232 pages
- Release Date
1 August 2012
Summary
America’s first African American heavyweight boxing champion, Jack Johnson, has a chance encounter with a mysterious Irishman, named Altamont, when they meet at the boxer’s restaurant, Cafe de Champion, in August 1912. Johnson’s new relationship with the unusual man, with beady eyes and hawk-like nose, places him in an unusual circumstance to help Altamont get out of a tough situation. In 1913, Johnson is nailed with a felony conviction in the American court system and flees to Canada, and la…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781780922591 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1780922590 |
| Author: | Samuel Williams |
| Publisher: | MX Publishing |
| Imprint: | MX Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 232 |
| Release Date: | 1 August 2012 |
| Weight: | 274g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 140mm x 12mm |
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About The Author
Samuel Williams
Samuel Williams, Jr. is a 54-year-old African American journalist and grant writer based in San Bernardino, Ca. “When I was a high school student at Christchurch School, a private Episcopalian boarding school located on the banks of the Rappahannock River in Middlesex County, Virginia, I fell in love Dr. Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes adventures,” Williams said. “In my readings, however, I noticed there were only two black characters ever mentioned in any of the adventures. I was also concerned the only black male character to appear, Steve Dixie, was depicted as a rogue and grifter. I decided I would write a Holmes adventure that would give Dixie’s character some positive, redeeming value and I believe I was successful in doing so in the book, Anomalous: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes featuring Jack Johnson and Alphonse Capone.” Williams is the first African American writer to ever author a Sherlock Holmes adventure.
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