Richard Harding Davis

Broschiertes Buch

The Amateur

Annotated Edition with Author Biography and Foreword

Herausgeber: Rowe, Isabel

Beschreibung

In a city where most people mind their own business, one man quietly chooses not to. The Amateur is a compact, quietly gripping novella by Richard Harding Davis, known for clear prose and keen observation. It follows Austin Ford, an American reporter newly posted to London, whose routine tilts when a young wife on an Atlantic crossing begs him to find her missing husband. What begins as professional curiosity turns personal as Ford moves from the safe margin of the page into the bright rooms and back corridors of the city. This is not a tale of clockwork puzzles or grand revelations. Davis builds a world of quiet tension, where small decisions carry weight and emotional undercurrents run just beneath the surface. Ford is not a detective, nor a hero-he's an amateur who pays attention. In doing so, he stumbles into a tangle of cons, decoys, and mistaken identity that tests the line between observer and participant-and shows how easily good intentions can be used as bait. This annotated edition includes: 1. A new foreword offering context and insight into Davis's approach 2. A concise biography introducing the author's background 3. Clean formatting to enhance modern readability Drawing on his journalistic eye, Davis writes with restraint and clarity. The Amateur reflects that sensibility-quiet, human, and alert to risk. It's a story that doesn't shout for attention, but earns it through subtlety and sincerity. Whether you're reading Davis for the first time or revisiting his work, this edition offers a fresh lens on one of his more introspective pieces.

Autor

Richard Harding Davis was an American journalist, fiction and drama writer who is best remembered for becoming the first American war correspondent to cover the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and WWI. His writing considerably helped Theodore Roosevelt's political career. He also played a significant effect in the evolution of American magazines. His impact extended to the world of fashion, and he is credited with popularizing the clean-shaven style among males at the start of the twentieth century. Davis was born April 18, 1864, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His mother, Rebecca Harding Davis, was a well-known writer in her day. His father, Lemuel Clarke Davis, was a journalist who edited the Philadelphia Public Ledger. Davis attended Episcopal Academy when he was a young man. After an unsatisfactory year at Swarthmore College, Davis relocated to Lehigh University, where his uncle, H. Wilson Harding, was a professor. Davis' first book, a collection of short stories titled The Adventures of My Freshman (1884), was published while he was at Lehigh. Many of the tales had previously appeared in the student magazine, the Lehigh Burr. Davis attended Johns Hopkins University after transferring in 1885.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rosewood Editions
• Seitenzahl: 52
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. August 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 127mm x 4mm
• Gewicht: 54g
• ISBN-13: 9798898921019
• Artikelnr.: 75341878