David F. Dodge

David Francis Dodge ( born August 18, 1910 in Berkeley, California, † August 1, 1974 in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico ) was an American author, primarily of crime novels and humorous travel reports. He devised the tax experts and Detective James " Whit " Whitney and the private investigator Al Colby. Most of his works were translated into German, especially during the 1950s. He is best known for the novel by Alfred Hitchcock film To Catch a Nice day.

Works

Novels

  • Death and Taxes (1941; Whit Whitney, dt The blue sedan, 1969)
  • Shear the Black Sheep (1943; Whit Whitney )
  • Bullets for the Bridegroom (1944; Whit Whitney; German Whit wonders, 1955)
  • It Is not Hay (1946; Whit Whitney; German Deadly Smoke, 1959)
  • The Long Escape (1948, Al Colby, dt The grave at the Hacienda, 1956)
  • Plunder of the Sun (1949, Al Colby, dt The Treasure of Amarú, 1954)
  • The Red Tassel (1950, Al Colby, German Red Tassel, 1955)
  • To Catch a Thief (1952; German Le Chat investigated le chat, 1954 [ as of 1960 under the title Over the roofs of Nice, currently under ISBN 3-257-21865-6 ] )
  • The Lights of Skaro ( 1954 German The Lights of Skaro a novel 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. Ger How Green was my father Happy odyssey through Mexico, 1954 [ 1972 under the title What's the rush Merry odyssey through Mexico, ISBN 3-442-02582-6 ?] )
  • How Lost Was My Weekend (1948; German father flies into Blue Merry years in Guatemala and Honduras report, 1955 [ 1972 under the title trip to paradise Turbulent journey through Guatemala, ISBN 3-442-02969-4. ]. . )
  • The Crazy Glass Specker (1949; German father and his bird Two happy years in Peru and the Peruvian Andes, 1956. )
  • 20,000 Leagues Behind the 8-Ball (1951; German father zickzackt through the world with the kids 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; German father is indestructible With " Invictus " from the Côte d' Azur across Yugoslavia and Greece ... Target: 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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