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Robert Traver (1903–1991)

Teoksen Anatomy of a Murder tekijä

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Robert Traver (1903-1991), the pseudonym for John D. Voelker, was an associate justice of the Michigan Supreme Court when his novel "Anatomy of a Murder", later made into the classic movie with Jimmy Stewart, rocketed him to national fame. Soon afterward, in his mid-fifties, he quit the bench in näytä lisää order to write & fish & hunt morels near Ishpeming, Michigan. His eleven books include "Hornstein's Boy", "The Jealous Mistress", "Anatomy of a Murder", & "Small Town D.A." (Bowker Author Biography) näytä vähemmän
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(eng) Robert Traver is the pseudonym of John D. Voelker, under which name he wrote his books on fishing.

Image credit: John D. Voelker (right) and Otto Preminger in Anatomy of a Murder - trailer [credit: Columbia Pictures]

Tekijän teokset

Anatomy of a Murder (1958) 897 kappaletta
Anatomy of a Murder [1959 film] (1959) — Novel — 131 kappaletta
Trout Madness (1960) 84 kappaletta
Laughing Whitefish (1965) 84 kappaletta
Trout Magic (1974) 55 kappaletta
Small Town D.A. (1954) 23 kappaletta
Hornstein's boy (1962) 22 kappaletta
Traver On Fishing (1987) 20 kappaletta
Anatomy of a Fisherman (1978) 19 kappaletta
People Versus Kirk (1768) 16 kappaletta
Danny and the Boys (1951) 13 kappaletta
The jealous mistress (1967) 11 kappaletta
Anatomy of a Motion Picture (1959) 6 kappaletta
Trouble Shooter 4 kappaletta
The Intruder (2012) 3 kappaletta

Associated Works

America's Wild Woodlands (1985) — Esipuhe — 169 kappaletta
Time to Be Young: Great Stories of the Growing Years (1945) — Avustaja — 7 kappaletta

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Yleistieto

Virallinen nimi
Voelker, John D.
Syntymäaika
1903-06-19
Kuolinaika
1991-03-19
Sukupuoli
male
Kansalaisuus
USA
Syntymäpaikka
Ishpeming, Michigan, USA
Asuinpaikat
Ishpeming, Michigan, USA
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Koulutus
University of Michigan
Ammatit
Attorney
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Robert Traver is the pseudonym of John D. Voelker, under which name he wrote his books on fishing.

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Un hombre que ha matado a tiros al agresor de su esposa, la hermosa y provocativa Laura Manion, es detenido y acusado de asesinato en primer grado. La acción se desarrolla en un juzgado en una pequeña ciudad del Medio Oeste norteamericano, y los actores son los fiscales, los abogados defensores, el juez, el acusado, y el jurado, el cual decidirá el destino de un hombre. Pero los detalles del crimen y las historias personales de los implicados son secundarios, ya que el drama del juicio criminal revela las complejas cuestiones morales conlleva y que son expuestos hasta su misma esencia y la pregunta más difícil de contestar es: ¿hasta dónde es capaz de llegar un hombre para convencer a sus semejantes de que es inocente de asesinato? ¿Y cuánto será usted capaz de arriesgar para ayudarle?… (lisätietoja)
 
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Natt90 | 20 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Feb 28, 2023 |
 
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laplantelibrary | 20 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Apr 7, 2022 |
This was difficult to read as a female attorney in 2021. Sure, it was interesting that a legal novel actually got into the strategy of jury instructions and the order that witnesses are called and when to stop questioning. But, it is so (hopefully) dated it mostly serves as a window into the good old boys club era of legal practice. When secretaries are patted on the butt and women left on the jury because they are pretty to look at. I presume some of the popularity was due to the description of a rape and so many references to where the semen ended up and the details of vaginal smears. Let this molder in the dust bin.… (lisätietoja)
 
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77nanci | 20 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Jan 16, 2021 |
Fun reading about a band of misfits living in the Michigan Upper Peninsula between WWI and WWII. Worthy of shelf space in any cabin.
 
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