Contents of the book

  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • The man
    • A hard-working youth : 1863-1884
    • Completing military service : 1884-1885
    • Teaching for a short time : 1885-1889
    • An established journalist : 1890-1902
    • The writer : 1902-1934 … » A life of adventures « 
  • After his death :
    • 1935-2001

    The people who knew him :

  • The people who knew him
    • His family
    • His co-authors
    • Arnould Galopin’s main publishers
    • The illustrators
  • The works
    • The book titles
    • The novels and children’s books
    • The others texts
    • The titles and their different issues
    • The « patois » from Normandy
    • The works adapted to cinema
    • The titles which changed
    • The number of copies
    • The translations
    • Errors and inaccuracies
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgements
  • Appendix

Inside this book, which reveals a number of discoveries, the reader will find black and white illustrations together with 32 pages of colour copies of front cover of books and installments.