Jacob's Ladder
First US edition
AuthorE. Phillips Oppenheim
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreThriller
PublisherHodder and Stoughton (UK)
Little, Brown (US)
Publication date
1921
Media typePrint

Jacob's Ladder is a 1921 thriller novel by the British writer E. Phillips Oppenheim. Oppenheim was prolific, bestselling author whose popularity reached its height during the interwar years.[1][2] The novel was published in America by Little, Brown.[3]

Synopsis

A maligned and bankrupt man rises to become a millionaire, only to face various attempts to swindle him.

References

  1. ↑ Server p.204
  2. ↑ Bloom p.184
  3. ↑ Reilly p.1135

Bibliography

  • Bloom, Clive. Bestsellers: Popular Fiction since 1900. Springer, 2008.
  • Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.
  • Server, Lee. Encyclopedia of Pulp Fiction Writers. Infobase Publishing, 2014.
  • Standish, Robert. The Prince of Storytellers: The Life of E. Phillips Oppenheim. P. Davies, 1957.


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