The House Without A Key
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1925.
Hardcover. 7 1/2" X 5 1/4". 316pp. Mild wear to orange cloth over boards with rubbing, toning, and gentle bumps to covers, corners, and edges. Cloth is beginning to fray at tail of spine. Dust-spotting to edges of text block. Small stamp to front paste-down, and inked notation to front free endpaper. Text block is cracked in several places throughout, however, binding remains sound.
The character of Charlie Chan was created by Earl Derr Biggers as a counter to the stereotype of "Yellow Peril," and as an alternative to the common practice of media to portray Asian characters as stoic, menacing villains. Chan was characterized as heroic, intelligent, handsome, and honorable, and was received well by the general public. His stories would go on to be featured in numerous movies, as well as radio and television adaptations.
ABOUT THIS BOOK:
Charlie Chan is back!
Earl Derr Biggers' crackling six-volume series featuring the clever, chubby Chinese Detective of the Honolulu Police Department, is coming back into print.
Biggers brings Honolulu to life with his deft descriptions of the landscape and its hybrid ethnic communities. And with the creation of Inspector Chan, Biggers also shatters stereotypes and is ahead of his time in highlighting the positive aspects of Chinese-Hawaiian culture.
In this first novel, published in 1925, Chan comes to the aid of an aristocratic Boston family who find themselves in dire straits over what has befallen Dan Winterslip, the black sheep of the family, who lives in a mansion on Waikiki Beach — the house without a key.
The troubles begin when a young nephew is dispatched by the family in Boston to retrieve a wayward aunt who has overstayed her welcome in Dan Winterslip's house.(Publisher). Good. Item #11171
Price: $45.00