| The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07. |
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| Stout, Rex |
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| 1886–1975, American writer, b. Noblesville, Ind. He served in the navy and worked in New York City as founder and director of the Vanguard Press. His best-known works are nearly 70 mystery stories featuring Nero Wolfe, a large gourmet detective who solves crimes from the comfort of his study. Stout’s Nero Wolfe Cookbook appeared in 1973. After Stout’s death, Robert Goldsborough wrote a successful series of new Nero Wolfe stories. | 1 | | See study by W. S. Baring-Gould (1969) and D. R. Anderson (1984). | 2 |
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