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Anthony Abbot


(Charles Fulton Oursler)
USA flag (1893 - 1952)

Born 22nd January, 1893, in Baltimore, Fulton Oursler was an editor, journalist, playwright and author who ended his career as a senior editor at Reader's Digest. He wrote detective novels under the name Anthony Abbot and assisted the police in solving homocides. His radio show attracted a large audience. He converted to Catholicism in 1943. The Greatest Story Ever Told, published in 1949, and later released as a motion picture, was his attempt to write the life of Christ in a way that would appeal to modern-day readers. He Died 24nd May, 1952 in New York City.
 


Genres: Mystery
 
Series
Thatcher Colt
   The Crime of the Century (1931)
     aka The Murder of the Clergyman's Mistress
   The Murder of Geraldine Foster (1931)
   The Murder of the Night Club Lady (1932)
   The Murder of the Circus Queen (1933)
   About the Murder of a Startled Lady (1936)
   The Murder of a Man Afraid of Women (1937)
   Murder At Buzzard's Bay (1940)
     aka The Creeps
   Deadly Secret (1943)
     aka The Shudders
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