Augustus Van Dusen and Craig Kennedy American Sherlocks

A number of American writers of mystery and detective fiction have been called “American Conan Doyle,” but only two created fictional detectives that have been called “American Sherlock Holmes,” Jacques Futrelle, creator of Professor Augustus Van Dusen, and Arthur B. Reeve, creator of Professor Craig Kennedy.
Jacques Futrelle was an American journalist and mystery writer. He created Professor Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen, also known as “The Thinking Machine,” one of the “American Sherlock Hol...