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What happens when a kidnapping gives a bumbling small-town marshal the chance to prove he is a great detective?
In sleepy Tinkletown, Indiana, Anderson Crow takes his badge very seriously. Proud, talkative and certain of his detective gifts, he watches over a town where gossip travels faster than he can follow. Then a serious crime reaches this quiet place. A kidnapping gives the marshal the case he has always wanted—and tests the man behind the badge.
George Barr McCutcheon mixes mystery with gentle fun at Crow’s grand view of himself. Secrets and gossip keep the town busy, while a bright, teasing narrator leads you through short scenes of talk, mishap and surprise. At the center is a lawman who refuses to give up, even when his confidence runs ahead of his skill.
What you’ll discover
- A wonderfully proud marshal Meet Anderson Crow, whose faith in his detective powers gives the comedy its spark.
- Gossip around every corner Enter a small town where news spreads faster than its marshal can keep up.
- A case worth chasing Follow a kidnapping mystery that puts Crow’s cherished image of himself to the test.
- Gentle jokes and warmth Enjoy humor that teases its people without turning the mystery grim.
- Quick scenes of surprise Move through lively talk and mishaps with a narrator who enjoys the town’s characters.
Who will love it
Readers who love gentle humor, small-town characters, old-fashioned detective games, and romances with a mystery at the heart. It suits anyone who enjoys a bumbling hero with a good heart.
What’s inside
The key ideas, in the 15-minute summary
- A stranger sells Crow a horse
- A baby arrives in a blizzard
- Rosalie grows into the village queen
- The schoolteacher who is not a corpse
- Rosalie vanishes and a ghost is blamed
- Held in a cave under the cabin
- A Boston athlete rescues her
- A great show and a great mistake
- What the story is really about
Who’s who
- Anderson CrowTinkletown's marshal, fire chief, and street commissioner, who treats every puzzle as a case for his badges and loves his foster daughter more than any reward.
- Rosalie GrayA baby left on Crow's porch in a blizzard, now a poised young woman who wants useful work and an honest answer about her birth.
- Eva CrowAnderson's sharp, practical wife, who keeps the house, guards the baby, and sees what her husband misses.
- Wicker BonnerA Harvard-educated, athletic young man from Boston who rescues Rosalie, falls in love with her, and wants to solve the mystery of her birth.
- Elsie BanksRosalie's school friend, who comes to Tinkletown as a teacher and carries a secret of her own.
- Harry SquiresThe editor of the Banner, who teases Crow in print and often sees the weak spot in his reasoning first.
- Alf ReeslingThe town drunkard, who reforms at every revival meeting and is the first to suffer from Crow's questions.
- Bud LongA twelve-year-old who worships Rosalie and Wicker Bonner and is determined to prove his bravery to everyone.
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The Daughter of Anderson Crow
by George Barr McCutcheon · 1907
A puffed-up village marshal chases the wrong man, then a baby on his doorstep sets a twenty-year mystery rolling.
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The Daughter of Anderson Crow is a comic mystery by George Barr McCutcheon, an American novelist who died in 1928. It is set in Tinkletown, a sleepy village proud of an old Revolutionary battle, where one man holds the posts of town marshal, fire chief, and street commissioner.
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A stranger sells Crow a horse
The story opens with Anderson Crow at forty-nine, leaning on the hitching rack in Tinkletown. He has served twenty-eight years as marshal, fire chief, and street commissioner for two hundred dollars a year. He also presides over the County Horse-thief Detectives' Association. This very week he has bought a nickel-plated star that makes him a detective in the New York Imperial Detective Association, and he chases flies off it with real fury.
Then a well-dressed young stranger whips up in a mud-spattered buggy and asks Crow to hold his horse. The man is in a great hurry to reach Crow's Cliff by half past twelve, and the bridge over Turnip Creek has washed out. He buys a box of matches and tosses it back on the counter, calls the marshal an old crank, and offers the whole rig for quick cash. The village begins to bid against itself, and Crow wins the horse and buggy for twenty-one dollars and twenty-five cents.
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What is The Daughter of Anderson Crow about?
It follows Anderson Crow, the proud marshal of the village of Tinkletown, who takes in a baby left on his porch in a blizzard. As Rosalie grows up, kidnappers, false clues, and a romance with a Boston man test the town.
Who is Anderson Crow?
He is the town marshal, fire chief, and street commissioner of Tinkletown, and head of the County Horse-thief Detectives' Association. He wears several badges, believes himself a great detective, and makes loud, wrong deductions, though he is brave and loving.
Is The Daughter of Anderson Crow a true story?
No, it is a work of fiction by George Barr McCutcheon. Tinkletown and its people are invented, though the opening refers to a Revolutionary battle in village pride. The story begins in 1880 and moves through the early 1900s.
The author
George Barr McCutcheon
1866–1928 · American novelist
George Barr McCutcheon was an American novelist born in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, in 1866. He worked as a newspaper reporter in Lafayette, Indiana. His novels include Graustark, published in 1901, and Brewster’s Millions, published in 1902 under the name Richard Greaves. He died in New York City in 1928.
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