New York, NY, USA: Carroll & Graf, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. “Erle Stanley Gardner (1889–1970) was an American novelist and lawyer and was the best-selling American author of the 20th century at the time of his death. Innovative and restless in his nature, he was bored by the routine of legal practice, the only part of which he enjoyed was trial work and the development of trial strategy. In his..... More