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<body> <noscript> <div id="resultpage" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <div id="top"> <h1 xmlns:html="http://www.medialab.nl/schemas/aquabrowser/html" xmlns="">AquaBrowser Library ® - Mount Prospect Public Library</h1> <form xmlns:html="http://www.medialab.nl/schemas/aquabrowser/html" id="searchform" action="accessible.ashx" method="GET" xmlns=""> <input class="inputfield" size="30" id="q" name="q" value=""></input> <input class="searchbutton" type="submit" value="Search"></input> <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="find"></input> <input type="hidden" name="rctx" value="AAIAAAABAAAAAgAAABsjAAAKYWNjZXNzaWJsZQABOgAAAAAABGZyZWMAHHxsaWJyYXJ5L20vbXBwbC1keW5peHw1NzE0NjIAAANkZWYAAAEAAAAAAAAAAmVuAAD/////QgkAAAAAAAAAAAAA"></input> <a href="help.aspx?skin=accessible&uilang=en" target="_blank">Help</a> </form>  <br /> </div> <head> <title>On Conan Doyle, or, The whole art of storytelling - AquaBrowser Library ® - Mount Prospect Public Library</title> <meta name="keywords" content="Dirda, Michael, "></meta> <meta name="keywords" content="AquaBrowser, Medialab, AquaBrowser Library, Search, Discover, Refine"></meta> </head> <body> <div id="fullrecordview"> <div id="content"> <h1>On Conan Doyle, or, The whole art of storytelling</h1> <p></p> <table class="dtable"> <tr> <th class="key">Authors:</th> <td> <a href="?q=author:"Dirda%2c+Michael"&rctx=AAIAAAABAAAAAgAAABsjAAAKYWNjZXNzaWJsZQABOgAAAAAABGZyZWMAHHxsaWJyYXJ5L20vbXBwbC1keW5peHw1NzE0NjIAAANkZWYAAAEAAAAAAAAAAmVuAAD/////QgkAAAAAAAAAAAAA" alt="">Michael Dirda</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <div class="separator"></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <th class="key">Material type:</th> <td>Books</td> </tr> <tr> <th class="key">Language:</th> <td>English</td> </tr> <tr> <th class="key">Publisher:</th> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <th class="key">Year:</th> <td>2012</td> </tr> <tr> <th class="key">Call number:</th> <td>823.8</td> </tr> <tr> <th class="key">ISBN:</th> <td>9780691151359 (hardcover : alk. paper)<br />0691151350 (hardcover : alk. paper)</td> </tr> <tr> <th class="key">Series:</th> <td> <a href="accessible.ashx?cmd=find&q=seriestitle:"Writers+on+writers"&rctx=AAIAAAABAAAAAgAAABsjAAAKYWNjZXNzaWJsZQABOgAAAAAABGZyZWMAHHxsaWJyYXJ5L20vbXBwbC1keW5peHw1NzE0NjIAAANkZWYAAAEAAAAAAAAAAmVuAAD/////QgkAAAAAAAAAAAAA">Writers on writers</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <div class="separator"></div> </td> </tr> </table> <div id="sideinfo"> <div id="coverimage"> <img src="http://www.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780691151359/mc.gif&upc=&oclc=&client=mounp" alt="Large Cover Image"></img> </div> </div> </div> </div> </body> <br /> <div id="availability"> <table class="availtable" xmlns="">  <root> <hipcnt> <tr class="availheader"> <td colspan="4"> Number of copies the library owns or has ordered: <span style="color:red;font-weight:bold">1</span></td> </tr> </hipcnt> <hiphold></hiphold> <hipavail> <tr class="availheader"> <td class="basecolor"> Location </td> <td class="basecolor"> Collection </td> <td class="basecolor"> Call# </td> <td class="basecolor"> Status </td> <td class="basecolor"> Due </td> </tr> <tr class="oddfalse"> <td>Main Library</td> <td>Adult Nonfiction</td> <td>823.8 DOY DIR</td> <td> <span style="color:green;font-weight:bold">Checked In</span> </td> <td></td> </tr> </hipavail> </root> </table> </div> <div id="accessible_syndeticsice"> <br xmlns="" /> <div id="syndeticsice_toc" style="
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 " xmlns=""> <div> <a href="#syn_toc_summary" class="syndetics_toc_target">Summary</a> </div> <div> <a href="#syn_toc_fiction" class="syndetics_toc_target">Fiction & Biography</a> </div> </div> <div id="syndetics_main" class="syndetics_main" xmlns=""> <div class="syndetics_item"> <table class="dtable" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="basecolor" colspan="2" id="syndetics_summary_title"> <a name="syn_toc_summary" class="syndetics_toc_anchor"></a> <strong>Summary</strong><div class="separator"></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <div id="syndetics_summary">"On Conan Doyle" is a highly engaging personal introduction to Holmes' creator, as well as a rare insider's account of the curiously delightful activities and playful scholarship of The Baker Street Irregulars.</div> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <br></br> <div class="syndetics_item"> <table class="dtable" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="basecolor" colspan="2" id="syndetics_fiction_title"> <a name="syn_toc_fiction" 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