The Miracle Man

by Frank L. Packard

Frank Lucius Packard (February 2, 1877 - February 17, 1942) was a Canadian novelist. Frank L. Packard was born in Montreal, Quebec and educated at McGill University and the University of Liege. As a young man he worked as a civil engineer for the Canadian Pacific Railway. His experiences working on the railroad led to his writing many railroad stories, then to a series of mystery novels, the most famous of which featured a character called Jimmie Dale. Several of his novels were made into films. Frank Packard died in 1942 in Lachine, Quebec and was buried in the Mount Royal Cemetery in Montreal.

Genres: Fiction

300 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1914

About the author

Frank Lucius Packard was born in Montreal, Quebec and educated at McGill University and the University of Liege. As a young man he worked as a civil engineer for the Canadian Pacific Railway. His experiences working on the railroad led to his writing a series of mystery novels, the most famous of which featured a character called Jimmie Dale.

Frank Packard died in 1942 in Lachine, Quebec and was buried in the Mount Royal Cemetery in Montreal.

Reviews

[Dan]

H.L. Mencken wrote offhandedly in the Smart Set around 1921 that George M. Cohan had made a pretty good Broadway show out of this, which surprised me enough, being familiar with Mencken's modernist tastes, that I read it out of curiosity. Not what anybody born after about 1900 would call a good book, but pleasant -- the premise is ingenious and the plot kept me reading, although I guessed the final twist about two-thirds of the way through. The writing is purplish and deepens to a violent heliotrope in the climax, in which innocence and purity of heart triumph over sin. It wasn't exactly time wasted, but I won't be spending the night on bookfinder.com tracking down the rest of Packard's stuff.

[Luis A Quijano]

Very good!

It really takes you in a trip to the characters' mind. The writer is very smart and goes deep into human nature.