Octavus Roy Cohen. Pen signature on small card, 1920

by Cohen, Octavus Roy

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Book desription: np, , 1920. . VG. Dark pen signature, "Sincerely -- Ocvtavus Roy Cohen. 10/28/20." on small white card, 2 3/4 x 4 in. With 2pp. biography of Cohen. Cohen ( 1891-1959) born of Jewish family in Charleston, was American author of humorous Negro fiction and detective stories. He abandoned law to become a newspaperman & write fiction & was a regular contributor to The Saturday Evening Post and other popular magazines for years. Cohen is chiefly noted for his Negro dialect fiction. Two of his well-known characters are unusual detectives. "Florian Slappey", known as Beau Brummell of Birmingham, Al. is a tall, slender, immaqculately dressed sport described as a "sepia gentleman" who set out to conquer Harlem. His humorous adventures are told in "Florian Slappey Goes Abroad "( 1928) and "Florian Slappey" (1938). He also wrote several stories about a grossly fat & uncouth white private detective, James R. Harvey & he wrote a popular mystery novel "The Crimson Alibi" which was a success on the NY stage.

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