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by Perley Poore Sheehan · 1875–1943
"Three Sevens" by Perley Poore Sheehan is a detective novel written in the early 20th century. It follows Daniel Craig, a wrongly convicted inmate who stages a calculated prison takeover to correct injustices and then pledges to recapture the worst criminals set loose, while forging a fraught alliance with reformer Joan Gracie. Mixing prison-break tension with manhunt and moral inquiry, it sets up a high-stakes redemption quest on both sides of the law. The opening of the novel plunges into San Pedro Prison, where Craig, isolated in “solitary,” receives a cat wearing a collar of hidden saws—Chi Slim’s legacy—and cuts his way out. With the help of seasoned inmate Eddie the Yegg, he disarms guards, seizes the prison, convenes a jury of convicts, and begins paroling men he deems reformed, until a riot erupts when a mob tries to seize a mysterious young woman—Joan Gracie, daughter of the incoming reform warden. Craig shields her, is wounded, and retreats to the offices where Joan tends him; together they learn escaped felons have already robbed a train and shot travelers, and they compile a “little red ledger” of the most dangerous fugitives Craig must return. Resolute, Craig slips into the night with an oath to make amends, recruiting the loyal George Washington as his deputy, while Joan holds the fort and her father’s special train arrives to reassert lawful control.
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- Read time
- 297 min
- Words
- 65,403
- Chapters
- 60
- Paragraphs
- 2,344
- Price
- Free
- Detective and mystery stories
- Escaped prisoners -- Fiction
- Escapes -- Fiction
- Thrillers (Fiction)
He heard a gasp from the girl.
Er hörte ein Keuchen des Mädchens.
He turned.
Er drehte sich um.
She was facing another convict--a man who was lithe and graceful, who might have been handsome, in a darksome way, if it hadn’t been for the snarl on his face,
Sie stand einem anderen Häftling gegenüber – einem Mann, der schlank und anmutig war, der vielleicht hübsch hätte sein können, auf eine düstere Weise, wenn da nicht dieses Grinsen in seinem Gesicht gewesen wäre,
a snarl compounded of greed and all other evil.
ein Grinsen, das aus Gier und allem anderen Bösen zusammengesetzt war.
Craig recognized the man, San Pedro’s only member of the nobility.
Craig erkannte den Mann, das einzige Mitglied der Nobilität von San Pedro.
He was an international thief and trickster of great reputation, known as “Count Wolf.”
Er war ein international bekannter Dieb und Betrüger von großem Ruf, bekannt als „Graf Wolf“.
About the author
Perley Poore Sheehan1875–1943
Perley Poore Sheehan was an American writer born in Cincinnati in 1875 and died in Sierra Madre in 1943.
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Book details
- Original language
- English
- Translation
- German, machine translation
- Source text
- Project Gutenberg #78011
- Licence
- Public domain worldwide
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