American author, playwright and screen writer Frederic Arnold Kummer was born on 5 August, 1873 at Cantonsville, Maryland, to Arnold and Mary Morris Kummer. His father, who had emigrated from Germany in 1859 and had fought in the American Civil War, was part owner of Kummer & Becker, a banking and brokerage house in Baltimore that also acted as agents for the North German Lloyd Steamship Line.

This carefully crafted ebook: "THE FILM OF FEAR (Detective Novel)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.A detective novel centers around the early years of the film industry, features the young and beautiful film star, Ruth Morton. After receiving messages and threats of death and violence, the great detective Richard Duvall is hired to investigate the case.Frederic Arnold Kummer (1873-1943) was an American author, playwright and scre...

An American spy is dispatched to save the French from defeat at the hands of the Germans. The "maguffin" in the proceedings is the titular snuff box, which contains the special and secret missing papers. The insidious Huns attempt to force Blinn's wife to reveal the whereabouts of the snuff box by subjecting her husband to deadly ultra-violet rays. Includes a brief biography of the Author.