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"Futrelle" redirects here. For a similarly spelled name, see
Futrell .
American mystery writer (1875–1912)
Jacques Heath Futrelle (April 9, 1875 – April 15, 1912) was an American journalist and mystery writer . He is best known for writing short detective stories featuring Professor Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen , also known as "The Thinking Machine" for his use of logic. He died in the sinking of the RMS Titanic .
Futrelle was born in Pike County, Georgia . He worked for the Atlanta Journal , where he began their sports section, the New York Herald , the Boston Post and the Boston American , where, in 1905, his Thinking Machine character appeared in a serialized version of the short story , "The Problem of Cell 13 ".
Futrelle left the Boston American in 1906 to write novels . He had a harbor-view house built in Scituate, Massachusetts , which he called "Stepping Stones" and spent most of his time there until his death in 1912.[1] His last work, My Lady's Garter , was published posthumously in 1912. His widow inscribed in the book, "To the heroes of the Titanic , I dedicate this my husband's book", under a photo of him.[1]
Personal life [ edit ]
Lily May Futrelle 1912
In 1895, he married fellow writer Lily May Peel with whom he had two children, Virginia and Jacques "John" Jr.[1]
Returning from Europe aboard the RMS Titanic , Futrelle, a first-class passenger, refused to board a lifeboat, insisting Lily do so instead, to the point of forcing her in. She remembered the last she saw of him: he was smoking a cigarette on deck with John Jacob Astor IV . He perished in the Atlantic and his body was never found.[2] [3] On July 29, 1912, Futrelle's mother, Linnie Futrelle, died in her Georgia home; her death was attributed to grief over her son.[4]
In popular culture [ edit ]
Futrelle is used as the protagonist in Max Allan Collins ' disaster series novel The Titanic Murders (1999), about two murders aboard the Titanic .[5]
Selected works [ edit ]
Short story collections [ edit ]
The Thinking Machine (1907)
"The Flaming Phantom"
"The Great Auto Mystery"
"The Man Who Was Lost"
"The Mystery of a Studio"
"The Problem of Cell 13" (1905)
"The Ralston Bank Burglary"
"The Scarlet Thread"
The Thinking Machine on the Case (1908), UK title The Professor on the Case
Short stories [ edit ]
See Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen and JacquesFutrelle.com for more stories.
"The Problem of Cell 13 " (1905)
The Gray Ghost (Perth Daily News , 30 September 1905)
The Man Who Found Kansas (Metropolitan Magazine , April 1906)
"The Phantom Motor"[13]
"The Grinning God" (The Sunday Magazine)[14]
I. "Wraiths of the Storm", by May Futrelle
II. "The House That Was", by Jacques Futrelle
In this literary experiment, The Thinking Machine provides a rational solution to the seemingly impossible and supernatural events of a ghost story written by Mrs. Futrelle.[14] [15]
References [ edit ]
^ "Biography: Jacques Futrelle" . Encyclopedia Titanica .
^ "Futrelle Refused to Enter Lifeboat; His Wife Tells How He Parted with Her on Titanic, Commanding Her to Save Herself" . The New York Times . April 19, 1912. p. 6.
^ "Futrelle's Mother is Dead; Sinks from Grief Following Loss of Son on the Titanic" . New York Times . July 30, 1912. p. 1.
^ Pierce, J. Kingston (April 1999). "A Case to Remember" . January Magazine . Retrieved September 22, 2023 .
^ "The chase of the golden plate | WorldCat.org" . www.worldcat.org . Retrieved July 31, 2023 .
^ "The simple case of Susan | WorldCat.org" . www.worldcat.org . Retrieved July 31, 2023 .
^ The Diamond Master title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database . Retrieved 2019-06-20.
^ During February 1914 Variety reports the 3-reeler done, quoted here (Feb 13, p. 23 ), and ready for March 4 (Feb 27, p. 22 )
^ "The high hand | WorldCat.org" . www.worldcat.org . Retrieved July 31, 2023 .
^ "My lady's garter | WorldCat.org" . www.worldcat.org . Retrieved July 31, 2023 .
^ "Blind Man's Buff | WorldCat.org" . www.worldcat.org . Retrieved July 31, 2023 .
^ Futrelle, Jacques. "The Phantom Motor" . Jacques Futrelle . Archived from the original on February 26, 2016.
^ a b Futrelle, Jacques. "The Grinning God". Tales of the Thinking Machine . University of Adelaide . Archived from the original on June 20, 2019. Retrieved September 15, 2021 . A note at the head of Part II implies publication in The Sunday Magazine (undated online):
"Editor's Note. – Mrs. Futrelle undertook to set up a problem which The Thinking Machine could not solve. 'Wraiths of the Storm', in The Sunday Magazine last week, presented what she thought to be a mystery story impossible of solution. Printer's proofs of the story were submitted to Mr. Futrelle, who, after frequent consultations with Professor Van Dusen – The Thinking Machine – evolved 'The House that Was' as the perfect solution."
^ "The Grinning God by May & Jacques Futrelle" . P.J. Bergman. The Locked Room (blog). April 27, 2014. Retrieved June 20, 2019.
Further reading [ edit ]
"Jacques Futrelle" . Contemporary Authors . Infotrac, Gale Group Databases. 2000. Retrieved August 1, 2003 .
"Survivor Says Ismay Ruled in Titanic's Boats; Managing Director Had Charge Of Their Launching, Testifies Karl H. Behr" . The New York Times . June 26, 1915. p. 6.
Wilkes Jr., Donald E. (April 21, 1994). "Georgians Died on Titanic " . The Athens Observer .
Wilkes Jr., Donald E. (April 21, 1994). "On the Titanic : Jacques Futrelle" . The Athens Observer .
Wilkes Jr., Donald E. (April 21, 1994). "May Futrelle Survived Titanic " . The Athens Observer .
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