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John J. McAleer: The Making of Rex Stout's Biography Archived 2008-12-10 at the Wayback Machine (Mark Fullmer) Stout's radicalism, the FBI, the books (from the Daily Bleed Calendar) a comprehensive overview of Rex Stout's work and biography Archived 2003-02-10 at the Wayback Machine; Forty years with Nero Wolfe (January 12, 2009) by Terry Teachout
Fanciful biography. Reviewed in Time, March 21, 1969 [22] Bourne, Michael, Corsage: A Bouquet of Rex Stout and Nero Wolfe (1977, James A. Rock & Co, Publishers; Hardcover ISBN 0-918736-00-5 / Paperback ISBN 0-918736-01-3). Posthumous collection produced in a numbered limited edition of 276 hardcovers and 1,500 softcovers.
According to John J. McAleer, Rex Stout's official biographer, during his stint in the Navy, Stout came into contact with Alvey A. Adee, who was a major influence on Stout's creation of Nero Wolfe. Adee was a scholar, sleuth, gourmet, bachelor, a model of efficiency, a master of the English language, and is said to have inspired the ...
Stout's biographer states that Stout hit on the idea of the FBI while reading Cook's exposé; Stout sent Cook an autographed copy of The Doorbell Rang, thanking him for "priming my pump". [3] [4] Stout had not before used a Wolfe book to air his own political views so extensively, and did not do so again until 1975's A Family Affair.
Our Secret Weapon (1942–1943) is a CBS radio series created to counter Axis shortwave radio propaganda broadcasts during World War II.Writer Rex Stout, chairman of the Writers' War Board and representative of Freedom House, would rebut the most entertaining lies of the week.
The Red Box is the fourth Nero Wolfe detective novel by Rex Stout.Prior to its first publication in 1937 by Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., the novel was serialized in five issues of The American Magazine (December 1936 – April 1937).
Maury Alan Chaykin (July 27, 1949 – July 27, 2010) was an American-Canadian actor. Described as "one of the most recognizable faces in Canadian cinema," [2] he was best known for his portrayal of Rex Stout's detective Nero Wolfe on the television series A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2001–2002), as well as for his work as a character actor in many films and television programs.
The Adventures of Nero Wolfe began on the regional New England Network April 10–June 25, 1943, with J. B. Williams starring as Rex Stout's armchair detective, Nero Wolfe. [2] After a three-month trial run the show moved to the Blue Network , which soon became ABC .