Was Sherlock Holmes Real?
- ISBN-10
- 076609376X
- ISBN-13
- 9780766093768
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 32
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017-12-15
- Publisher
- Enslow Publishing, LLC
- Author
- Heather Moore Niver
Description
The quirky sleuth Sherlock Holmes has been a popular character on the page and stage, as well as on television and in movies. Made famous by Scottish writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Holmes became a model for many future detectives. Readers will learn whether this character came from the brilliant mind of his writer or if Sherlock's sometimes outrageous means of solving cases were actually those of a real-life detective. Fast facts add entertaining and informative clues to help readers solve this mystery for themselves.
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