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Frank L. Packard
Book List in Order: 17 titles
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The Adventures of Jimmie Dale
- Oct-2001
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Jimmie Dale is a wealthy playboy by day, with a Harvard education and membership to New York City’s ultra-exclusive private club St. James. But at night he puts on a costume and becomes The Grey Seal, who enters businesses or homes and cracks safes...
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The Miracle Man
- Jan-2006
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This is a narrative that deals with a con man named ìDocî. Together with his friends and with a man who could work miracles, he sets out to dupe a whole town. The naivetÈ of those who believe without pondering has been analyzed here. At the same t...
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Doors Of The Night
- Jan-2011
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Frank Lucius Packard (1877-1942), a Canadian Novelist and railway engineer, wrote the Jimmie Dale mysteries and other works. Doors of the Night is quite possibly his greatest mystery novel, and highly recommended for anyone seeking a cozy escape from...
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The Sin That Was His
- Sep-2012
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An unscrupulous gambler is falsely accused of murder. To avoid capture, he disguises himself as a priest. But his priestly role causes a change in his life and he finds himself making unusual choices....
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On the Iron at Big Cloud
- Dec-2012
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A book about railroad life on tbe Rocky Mountain division of a big transcontinental line, where exciting and unusual events happen and common men may, in an instant's time, turn into heroes. Before the author made writing his profession he spent four...
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The Wire Devils
- Mar-2013
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Best known for his Jimmie Dale series of books, which have sold more than 3 million copies worldwide, Frank L. Packard first published The Wire Devils in 1918. A “wire thriller” that uses the booming railroads and telegraph lines of the old We...
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Two Stolen Idols
- Feb-2019
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FROM the vivid drama of its opening scene to the tense unfolding on its final page this finely fashioned mystery-adventure holds the reader in its sway. Why did men kill, steal, weave plot and counterplot because of two small ivory idols? Why did the...
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The Four Stragglers
- Aug-2019
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Frank Lucius Packard (1877-1942) was a Canadian novelist born in Montreal, Quebec. He attended McGill University and the University of Liege and as a young man worked as a civil engineer for the Canadian Pacific Railway. He went on to write many stor...
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The Adventures of Jimmy Dale
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and...
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Jimmie Dale And The Phantom Clue
Frank Lucius Packard (1877-1942) was a Canadian novelist. He was born in Montreal, Quebec and as a young man went to work as a civil engineer for the Canadian Pacific Railway. His experiences working on the railroad led to his writing a series of mys...
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The Miracle Man
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...
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The Night Operator
In "The Night Operator" you will follow with spellbound interest a panorama of rushing mountain rivers and dangerous curves, of brave men responsible for the safety of others, who meet their obligations with high hearts and abounding courage....
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The White Moll
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...