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Post, Melville Davisson

Country/Region:
USA
Born:
April 19, 1869
Dead:
June 23, 1930
Genres:
Crime literature, Miscellaneous prose
Melville Davisson Post was an American lawyer, politician, author and remembered as the first great American crime writer to appear after Edgar Allan Poe. Post may even be unique in the sense that he through his books were able to influence the law as he devised plots that exposed weaknesses in current legislation, which led to discussions that in turn resulted in amendments.

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