Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Kelland, Clarence Budington, Archibald the Great : a master thriller, 1950
... ...Clarence Budington Kelland...Kelland, Clarence Budington...Fiction Western Thriller Clarence Budington Kelland When Archibald Cloyd visited Hollywood as a consultant and expert on a Napoleon film and later went on location with the company in Arizona, the little man met his Waterloo. ...
When Archibald Cloyd visited Hollywood as a consultant and expert on a Napoleon film and later went on location with the company in Arizona, the little man met his Waterloo. The black market activities of a gang of tyre thieves, an abandoned gold mine, a kidnapping, a determined widow named Hammer, an attractive young ranch owner, Archibald's own mysterious and resourceful male secretary, and a bizarre assortment of Western and Hollywood characters are all ingredients of a plot that involves Archibald in difficulties as tense as ever encountered by his famous prototype.
189p. ; red cover; colour illustration of man on horse being filmed from original dust jacket cut and pated onto front cover; blurb from original dust jacket cut and pasted onto front endpaperfictionWhen Archibald Cloyd visited Hollywood as a consultant and expert on a Napoleon film and later went on location with the company in Arizona, the little man met his Waterloo. The black market activities of a gang of tyre thieves, an abandoned gold mine, a kidnapping, a determined widow named Hammer, an attractive young ranch owner, Archibald's own mysterious and resourceful male secretary, and a bizarre assortment of Western and Hollywood characters are all ingredients of a plot that involves Archibald in difficulties as tense as ever encountered by his famous prototype.fiction, western, thriller, clarence budington kelland
