The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale - Packard, Frank L.
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Frank L Packard was an early 20th century Canadian author. Packard worked for the Canadian railroad as a civil engineer. He used his knowledge and experiences to write a series of mystery novels. He often wrote about the character Jimmie Dale. He was a wealthy playboy by day, but at night put on a costume and became The Gray Seal. He entered businesses or homes and broke into safes. Each time he left his calling card, a diamond shaped, gray paper "seal". He never took anything until a woman caught him and blackmailed him to war against certain crime organizations. The Further Adventures of…mehr

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Frank L Packard was an early 20th century Canadian author. Packard worked for the Canadian railroad as a civil engineer. He used his knowledge and experiences to write a series of mystery novels. He often wrote about the character Jimmie Dale. He was a wealthy playboy by day, but at night put on a costume and became The Gray Seal. He entered businesses or homes and broke into safes. Each time he left his calling card, a diamond shaped, gray paper "seal". He never took anything until a woman caught him and blackmailed him to war against certain crime organizations. The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale is one of several books featuring the detective Jimmie Dale.
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Frank Lucius Packard (1877 - 1942) was a Canadian novelist. Hewas born in Montreal, Quebec and educated at McGill University and the University of Liege. As a young man he worked as a civil engineer for the Canadian Pacific Railway. His experiences working on the railroad led to his writing many railroad stories, then to a series of mystery novels, the most famous of which featured a character called Jimmie Dale. Several of his novels were made into films. Frank Packard died in 1942 in Lachine, Quebec and was buried in the Mount Royal Cemetery in Montreal.