TY - SER KW - dissociative identity disorder KW - alter egos KW - amnesia KW - hypnosis KW - trains AU - Herbert Quick AU - Orson Lowell AB -

Florian Amidon is a shy bachelor from Wisconsin, who suddenly finds himself on a train to Manhattan with no memory of the previous five years. Amidon discovers that, during his blackout, he had lived as Eugene Brassfield—a smooth-talking oilman, hypocrite, and womanizer, engaged to the most beautiful woman in his new town, the fictitious Bellevale, Rockoil County, Pennsylvania. Amidon enlists the help of a hypnotist to reconcile his two identities.

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1896-1901

C3 - Western Pennsylvania C4 - Comedy; Psychological CY - Indianapolis LA - English M3 - Novel N2 -

Florian Amidon is a shy bachelor from Wisconsin, who suddenly finds himself on a train to Manhattan with no memory of the previous five years. Amidon discovers that, during his blackout, he had lived as Eugene Brassfield—a smooth-talking oilman, hypocrite, and womanizer, engaged to the most beautiful woman in his new town, the fictitious Bellevale, Rockoil County, Pennsylvania. Amidon enlists the help of a hypnotist to reconcile his two identities.

PB - Bobbs-Merrill PP - Indianapolis PY - 1906 RN -

Herbert Quick (1861-1925), an American writer and politician, was mayor of Sioux City, Iowa. Orson Lowell (1871-1956), born in Wyoming, Iowa, was an illustrator.

EP - 320 p. TI - Double Trouble, or Every Hero His Own Villain ER -