A Desperate Chance: An Exciting Story

TitleA Desperate Chance: An Exciting Story
Year of Publication1903
Publication TypeNovel
Number of Pages or Episodes184 p.
LanguageEnglish
AuthorsHarper, Olive
PublisherJ. S. Ogilvie
CityNew York
KeywordsEd Biddle (1876-1902); Jack Biddle (1872-1902); jail wardens; jailbreaks; Kate Soffel (1867-1909); legal profession; Pittsburgh Police; Protestants; Roman Catholics
Abstract

The novelization of Theodore Kremer’s Broadway stage play of the Biddle boys’ saga.

Notes

Harper Olive is a pseudonym of Helen Burrell Gibson D'Apery (1842-1915).

Author Biography

Helen Burrell Gibson D'Apery (1842-1915), born in Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, was a writer frequently hired to novelize New York stage plays. She died in Philadelphia.

Time

1901-2