He practiced law in Merced, California for five years before joining a sales agency. In , he returned to the law and opened a law office in Ventura, California. In , he published his first story and thereafter became a regular contributor to the pulp magazines of the day. Gardner continued to practice law until , the year that saw the publication of his novel, The Case of the Velvet Claws , which introduced the character of Perry Mason.
Green , Carleton Kendrake , Charles J. Kenny , Les Tillray and Robert Parr. He was suspended after approximately one month when his interest in boxing became a distraction. He returned to California, pursued his legal education on his own, and passed the state Bar exam in In , he returned to law as a member of the Ventura firm Sheridan, Orr, Drapeau, and Gardner, [3] where he remained until Gardner enjoyed litigation and the development of trial strategy but was otherwise bored by legal practice.
In his spare time, he began writing for pulp magazines; his first story was published in He created many series characters for the pulps, including the ingenious Lester Leith, a parody of the 'gentleman thief' in the tradition of A. Raffles; and Ken Corning, crusading lawyer, crime sleuth, and archetype for his most successful creation, Perry Mason. While the Perry Mason novels did not delve into their characters' lives very much, the novels were rich in plot detail which was reality-based and drawn from his own experience.
If you think I'm going to finish the gun battle while my hero still has fifteen cents worth of unexploded ammunition in his gun, you're nuts'. The Innocence Project of its day, this ambitious and ultimately successful undertaking was devoted to investigating, reviewing, and reversing wrongful convictions owing to poor legal representation, prosecutorial abuses, biased police activity, bench corruption, unreliable witnesses, and careless forensic-evidence testimony.
The crimes: rape, murder, kidnapping, and manslaughter. The prisoners: underprivileged and vulnerable men wrongly convicted and condemned to life sentences or death row with only one hope—the devotion of Erle Stanley Gardner and the Court of Last Resort. Among those books were the 29 cases of the brash, irresistible detective team of Bertha Cool and Donald Lam.
Gardner was also one of the most ingenious plot-spinners in the field, coming up with stunning twists and reveals Hired to protect the treasures of a globe-trotting adventurer, Bertha and Donald confront an impossible crime: how could anything be smuggled out of a dinner party - least of all a 6-foot-long blowgun - when the guests were X-rayed coming and going? Thanks to a bungled robbery at a fancy hotel, the already-married Eva Griffin has been caught in the company of a prominent congressman.
To protect the politico, Eva's ready to pay the editor of a sleazy tabloid his hush money. But Perry Mason has other plans. He tracks down the phantom fat cat who secretly runs the blackmailing tabloid -- only to discover a shocking scoop. By the time Mason's comely client finally comes clean, her husband has taken a bullet in the heart. Now Perry Mason has two choices: represent the cunning widow in her wrangle for the dead man's money -- or take the rap for murder.
The blonde wandering nude at the Remuda Golf Club tells Perry Mason a strange story: While she peacefully sun-bathed near the course, someone made off with her Cadillac, Her trailer, and all her belongings -- including her precious diary. The woman blames the police, who suspect her of having stashed away nearly half a million dollars allegedly stolen by her father, who is now in prison.
She swears that both she and her father are innocent. So who is bankrolling her leisure1y lifestyle? The case of the cautious coquette: The case of the crimson kiss ; The case of the crying swallow. Checked Out. The case of the gilded lily. The case of the beautiful beggar. The Case of the Curious Bride. Not in Library. The case of the stuttering bishop. The case of the fabulous fake. The case of the careless kitten.
The case of the deadly toy. The case of the empty tin.
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