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Set in the silent film era, in Astoria, Queens, a film director is illegally renting a supply of radium to use in his production of "Toreador of Love". A disembodied hand emerges briefly from under Margot's bed, then vanishes. Later, the hand is found under the floorboards. Whose arm was it, and why was it put under the floor?
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- English
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Item Summary
Set in the silent film era, in Astoria, Queens, a film director is illegally renting a supply of radium to use in his production of "Toreador of Love". A disembodied hand emerges briefly from under Margot's bed, then vanishes. Later, the hand is found under the floorboards. Whose arm was it, and why was it put under the floor?
Descriptive Information
- Title
- The haunting hand / by W. Adolphe Roberts ; frontispiece by George W. Gage.
- Call Number
- N-003538
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dc1r66jg87k
- Language
- English
- Date Created
- 1926
- Format
- Book
- Extent
- 309 pages : illustration ; 19 cm
- Provenance
- Princeton copy 1 Previous owner's name written at upper front pastedown and upper rear endpaper.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Generally credited as being the first mystery novel written by an African American author.
- Binding Note
- Princeton copy 1 Vertically-ribbed black cloth, with titles stamped in yellow on spine and front cover; in original dust jacket.
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- File Count
- 328
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- Collection
- Black History and Culture Evergreen Initiative
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/3d39eba2-0df0-4495-a7a5-3bcc35fbd015/manifest