Pursuit of the House-Boat (sometimes called In Pursuit of the House-Boat or The Pursuit of the House-Boat) is an 1897 novel by John Kendrick Bangs

John Kendrick Bangs

John Kendrick Bangs was an American author, editor and satirist.-Biography:He was born in Yonkers, New York. His father was a lawyer in New York City....

, and the second one to feature his Associated Shades

Associated Shades

The Associated Shades are a group of famous dead people appearing in some of John Kendrick Bangs' works. They are a sort of corporation, which first appears in A House-Boat on the Styx, and are also something of an exclusive club.Members include:...

 take on the afterlife.

Plot summary

After the House-Boat was hijacked by Captain Kidd at the end of A House-Boat on the Styx

A House-Boat on the Styx

A House-Boat on the Styx is a book written by John Kendrick Bangs and published in 1895.-Plot summary:The premise of the book is that everyone who has ever died has gone to Styx, the river that circles the underworld.The book begins with Charon, ferryman of the Styx being...

, the various members of its club decided that in order to track it down, a detective would have to be called in. So they hired Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective created by Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The fantastic London-based "consulting detective", Holmes is famous for his astute logical reasoning, his ability to take almost any disguise, and his use of forensic science skills to solve...

, who, at the time of the book's publication, had indeed been declared dead by his creator.

External links

• Read the text of the book at http://www.classicreader.com/booktoc.php/sid.1/bookid.1226/