David Dodge

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David Francis Dodge (born August 18, 1910 in Berkeley , California , † August 1, 1974 in San Miguel de Allende , Mexico ) was an American author , mainly of detective novels and humorous travelogues . He created the tax expert and detective James "Whit" Whitney and the private investigator Al Colby. Most of his works were also translated into German, especially during the 1950s . He is best known today for the novel based on the Alfred Hitchcock film Above the Roofs of Nice .

Works

Novels

  • Death and Taxes (1941; Whit Whitney; German The Blue Sedan, 1969)
  • Shear the Black Sheep (1943; Whit Whitney)
  • Bullets for the Bridegroom (1944; Whit Whitney; Eng. Whit wonders, 1955)
  • It Ain't Hay (1946; Whit Whitney; Eng. Deadly Smoke, 1959)
  • The Long Escape (1948; Al Colby; Eng. The grave on the hacienda, 1956)
  • Plunder of the Sun (1949; Al Colby; eng . The treasure of Amarú, 1954)
  • The Red Tassel (1950; Al Colby; Eng. The Red Tassel , 1955)
  • To Catch a Thief (1952; Ger. Le Chat sucht le chat, 1954 [from 1960 under the title Over the roofs of Nice, currently under ISBN 3-257-21865-6 ])
  • The Lights of Skaro (1954; Eng. The lights of Skaro. Novel of an Escape to Freedom, 1960)
  • Angel's Ransom (1956; German ransom for Anima, 1959)
  • Loo Loo's Legacy (1960)
  • Carambola (1961)
  • Hooligan (1969)
  • Troubleshooter (1971)

Travel reports

  • How Green Was My Father (1947; dt. So green my father was. Merry odyssey through Mexico, 1954 [1972 under the title Why the hurry? Merry odyssey through Mexico, ISBN 3-442-02582-6 ])
  • How Lost Was My Weekend (1948; dt. Father flies into the blue. Happy years in Guatemala and Honduras. Report, 1955 [1972 under the title Detour to Paradise. Turbulent journey through Guatemala, ISBN 3-442-02969-4 ])
  • The Crazy Glasspecker (1949; dt. Father and his bird. Two happy years in Peru and the Peruvian Andes, 1956)
  • 20,000 Leagues Behind the 8-Ball (1951; dt. Father zigzagging through the world. With children and tails down the Amazon through Brazil, Argentina and Chile to the Côte d'Azur, 1957)
  • The Poor Man's Guide to Europe (1953)
  • Time Out for Turkey (1955; dt. Father is not to be beaten. With "Invictus" from the Côte d'Azur across Yugoslavia and Greece ... Destination: Turkey, 1959)
  • The Rich Man's Guide to the Riviera (1962)
  • The Poor Man's Guide to the Orient (1965)
  • Fly Down, Drive Mexico (1968)

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personal data
SURNAME Dodge, David
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dodge, David Francis (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer
DATE OF BIRTH August 18, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Berkeley , California , USA
DATE OF DEATH 1st August 1974
Place of death San Miguel de Allende , Mexico