Early 1900s

Early twentieth century anonymity runs from erotica to passing narratives to pseudonymous technical classics, with several of the era mysteries still unsolved.

5 works.

• Pseudonym

  Jack Pots

  Published 1900 · other

  A 1900 collection of poker stories published under the byline Eugene Edwards, believed by card scholarship to be another pseudonym of the unidentified S. W. Erdnase.

• Pseudonym

  The Expert at the Card Table

  Published 1902 · novel

  The 1902 bible of card sleight of hand, self-published as S. W. Erdnase. The identity behind the pseudonym is card history's most famous unsolved question.

• Disputed

  Josefine Mutzenbacher

  Published 1906 · novel

  The 1906 Viennese erotic novel published anonymously and commonly attributed to Felix Salten, author of Bambi. The attribution has never been confirmed.

• Later revealed

  The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man

  Published 1912 · novel

  The 1912 novel of a biracial man who passes as white, published anonymously as a memoir. James Weldon Johnson credited himself in the 1927 reissue.

• Still unknown

  The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler

  Published 1939 · other

  A 1939 book claiming Hitler died in 1938 and was replaced by doubles, published anonymously as a purported insider account. Its author was never identified.

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