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A Modern Wizard — Rodrigues Ottolengui

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Paperback editions:

  • Trade Paperback
  • Jul-2010
  • Createspace
  • ISBN: 1453701923
  • ISBN13: 9781453701928

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  • Paperback
  • Sep-2013
  • Createspace
  • ISBN: 1492337307
  • ISBN13: 9781492337300

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  • Paperback
  • May-2014
  • Createspace
  • ISBN: 1499328494
  • ISBN13: 9781499328493

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  • Trade Paperback
  • Apr-2015
  • Createspace
  • ISBN: 1505476127
  • ISBN13: 9781505476125

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  • Trade Paperback
  • Jul-2015
  • Forgotten Books
  • ISBN: 1330614380
  • ISBN13: 9781330614389

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  • Paperback
  • Sep-2015
  • Createspace
  • ISBN: 1517188938
  • ISBN13: 9781517188931

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  • Trade Paperback
  • Nov-2015
  • Createspace
  • ISBN: 1518824250
  • ISBN13: 9781518824258

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eBook editions:

  • eBook (Kindle)
  • Mar-2011
  • AUK Classics

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Description
Rodrigues Ottolengui was the leading dental editor of the early 20th century, an orthodontist, a successful novelist, and a respected entomologist. Neither Angle-trained nor a specialist, Ottolengui's heritage was both in dentistry and journalism, and he was to fulfill both these callings admirably. He was born in Charleston, SC, on March 15, 1861, 4 weeks before the outbreak of the Civil War and in the first state to secede. His father was a newspaperman and playwright, and his mother was an author. Ottolengui practiced the dental profession for over 50 years. Early in his career he began to read detective stories; because, as he said, "these stories help to increase the analytical quality of the mind." Then he started writing stories in this genre and ultimately wrote 6 novels. Ottolengui's first novel, THE ARTIST IN CRIME, was translated into French, German, and Polish. In PHOENIX OF CRIME, he described how a dead person could be identified by his teeth. Five years later, a corpse floating in the river near Yonkers, NY, was identified by the sheriff of that county who had read the book and had a dentist chart her teeth. Thus was born the science of forensic dentistry.
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