"If we boast of our best, we must repent of our worst. Otherwise patriotism will be a very poor thing indeed."
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Earl Derr Biggers August 24, 1884 to April 5, 1933 Born in Warren, Ohio & Died in Pasadena, California Creator of the Charlie Chan series of mystery novels. We are told that in the books Charlie Chan isn't the caricature he was in the movies, sometime before 2020 one of us will read a couple of these books and render judgement.
Quote "Here in California the subdivider, like the poor, is always with us."
Off-Site Resource Thorough Fan Website on Earl Derr Biggers
Bibliography Charlie Chan Novels The House Without a Key - 1925 The Chinese Parrot - 1926 Behind That Curtain - 1928 The Black Camel - 1929 Charlie Chan Carries On - 1930 Keeper of the Keys - 1932
Other Novels Seven Keys to Baldpate - 1913 Love Insurance - 1914 Inside the Lines - 1915 (with Robert Welles Ritchie) Fifty Candles - 1926
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"If we boast of our best, we must repent of our worst. Otherwise patriotism will be a very poor thing indeed."
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