Nick Carter Novel Pdf Download
Shay Silvertooth
It was written by John R. Coryell, but he worked from an outline provided by Ormond G. Smith, the son of one of the founders of Street & Smith, so in a way, Nick Carter had two daddies.
That first story turned out to be quite popular, as did the next two that Coryell wrote, but there was no way one writer could keep up with demand, and soon handed the writing chores over to what would soon become a multitude of writers over the next several decades.
Although occasionally being accused of being some sort of American Sherlock Holmes wannabe (even though he actually made his debut a year before Holmes), he was really modeled on other popular dime novel detectives of the time, like Old Sleuth, Old Cap Collier and Old King Brady. He did subsequently take on Holmesian attributes, to be sure, but he was always more than a mere knock-off. Another popular hero of the same era, Sexton Blake, suffered the same misconceptions.
Nick Carter first appeared in film in 1908, in Nick Carter, Le Roi Des Dtectives. A six-part black and white silent serial, produced in French, it featured Pierre Bressol as our hero, and was the first of many films to appear. There were French nicks, German Nicks, British Nicks and even occasionally American Nicks. There were series and serials, all black and white, all silent. Over forty of them.
By 1949, it was estimated that Carter had appeared in over 4000 stories in various dime novels and pulp magazines, films (mostly silent), comic books, comic strips and radio shows. There were probably more Nick Carter adventures than those of any other fictional detective.
As with any long-running character, Nick went through numerous changes. Originally a pretty straightforward dime novel detective, he soon developed into a sort of two-fisted consulting detective/adventurer. In the twenties, the superhero stuff was toned down a little, and he became more of a standard hard-boiled detective, although his adventures still bordered on the fantastic; more Doc Savage than Continental Op. During the forties, his cases became much more realistic, and more downbeat.
It was as a radio show in the forties, in fact, that Nick really made his mark as a private eye. Nick Carter, Master Detective was one of the first detective radio shows to really hit it big with audiences. In it, Nick was a pretty typical private eye of the time, caught somewhere between the two prevelant models of the time, somewhere between two-fisted tough guy and gentlemanly sleuth, although there were some distinctive touches.
The story lines usually followed the formula of the classic detective story. Nick would be on the case looking for clues. Each clue would bring him a little closer to the criminal. After the criminal had been apprehended, Nick would explain the meanings and importance of the various clues.
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