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Working for the Pinkertons, Edwards had traveled to Vermissa Valley to infiltrate a corrupt coal miner's trade union, secretly a cover for a murderous gang. After Edwards brought the gang to justice, the criminals attempted to kill him.
The Vermissa Valley was a valley located in the United States. It was very rich in ore and heavily mined. The largest settlement in the valley was the town of Vermissa. During the early 1870s the valley was under the control of a vicious secret society known as the Scowrers, who held the area...
Aug 17, 1997 · Northeastern USA. : Vermissa Valley. Fictional; Where the Scowrers terrorized the coal and iron companies, as well as the general populace.
The Valley of Fear (VALL) is a novel written by Arthur Conan Doyle published between 20 september 1914 and 22 november 1914 in the Associated Sunday Magazines (US), and between september 1914 and may 1915 in The Strand Magazine (UK). This is the 47th Sherlock Holmes story .
The Valley of Fear by Arthur Conan Doyle is one of many stories about Doyle’s famous detective, Sherlock Holmes. At the beginning of this novel, Holmes gets a message from one of Professor Moriarty’s agents—Fred Porlock.
Jun 16, 2024 · The Valley of Fear (1915) by Arthur Conan Doyle, illustrated by Arthur Ignatius Keller. →. related portals: Mystery. sister projects: Wikipedia article, Commons category, Wikidata item. the final Sherlock Holmes novel. The story was first published in the Strand Magazine between September 1914 and May 1915.
Vermissa Valley itself is a symbol, one that is essentially explained by the title of the novel. The reader learns early on that John Douglas lived in a literal valley in the western United States. However, even after leaving America, Douglas’ wife refers to living in a valley of fear.
Part Two takes place in America in the late 1800s in the Vermissa Valley and the coal mines with the corruption and gang activity that has infiltrated the valley, hence the Valley of Fear. And subsequently in the Coda, all the disparate threads are brought together by Sherlock Holmes.
Douglas knows the man is a member of the “Vermissa Valley” gang from America. We are then treated to a flashback explaining what happened in Vermissa Valley in 1875.
A mysterious, coded message is received, a warning of imminent danger, drawing Sherlock Holmes and the faithful Dr Watson into a tale of intrigue and murder stretching from 221B Baker Street, London, England to an ancient, moated manor house and the bleak Pennsylvanian, Vermissa Valley, USA.
