Download or read book You Know My Method written by J. Kenneth Van Dover and published by Popular Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the interrelations between the development of detective novels and the codification of scientific methods from the mid- 19th to the mid-20th centuries. Shows how fictional detectives increasingly drew on science and helped raise its esteem among the public. Focuses on Edgar Allen Poe, Arthur Conan Doyle, R. Austin Freeman, and Arthur B. Reeve, but also notes other writers. Paper edition (unseen), $16.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR