Mystery at Thunderbolt House
by Howard Pease
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As a boy Howard Pease was one of my favorite authors. Most of his books are set on ships at sea. Mystery at Thunderbolt House is one of his few books with a land setting. The time is 1905 and 1906 and the place is San Francisco. The Allen family who live in Stockton CA have just inherited a mansion in San Francisco. Mysteries revolve around the questionable past of Mrs. Allen's uncle Edward Judson who left his house and contents to her. The protagonist Judson Allen, 17, inherits Uncle Edward's collection of valuable books. Why do books keep disappearing from the mansion's library and what was Uncle Edward's involvement with the Vigilantes.
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Vintage Scholastic (T0182)
Scholastic T (182)
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- Canonical title
- Mystery at Thunderbolt House
- Original publication date
- 1944
- People/Characters
- Jud Allen
- Important places
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Important events
- San Francisco Earthquake and Fire (1906)
- Disambiguation notice
- Thunderbolt House (Republished as: Mystery at Thunderbolt House)
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- Fiction and Literature, Teen, Young Adult
- DDC/MDS
- 813.54 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English 1900-1999 1945-1999
- LCC
- PZ7 .P324 .T — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
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- Languages
- English
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- Paper
- ISBNs
- 1
- ASINs
- 11
