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John Donaldson Voelker (June 29, 1903 – March 18, 1991), also known by his pen name Robert Traver, was a noted lawyer, author and fly fisherman from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Born and raised in Ishpeming, he later attended the University of Michigan Law School.
Mar 20, 1991 · John D. Voelker, the Michigan judge who wrote "Anatomy of a Murder" and other books under the name Robert Traver, died on Monday. He was 87 years old. Mr. Voelker was driving his car near his...
JOHN D. VOELKER. Anatomy of a Murder was the book that gave John Voelker prominence as a writer. It was the fifth book that he wrote, but the fourth to be published (after Troubleshooter, 1943, Danny and the Boys, 1951, and Small Town D.A., 1954).
Dec 26, 2018 · A true believer in wild brook trout and forever loyal to Michigan’s U.P., Voelker, under the pen name Robert Traver, is best known to the world for the novel Anatomy of a Murder, but among anglers his genius is captured in his fishing stories.
Mar 19, 1991 · John D. Voelker, the Michigan jurist who wrote "Anatomy of a Murder" and other books under the name Robert Traver, died today. He was 87 years old. Mr. Voelker was driving his car near his home...
Author of 11 books (and a 12 th posthumous book, Traver on Fishing) and numerous stories, including Anatomy of a Murder, a Michigan Supreme Court Justice who wrote over 100 finely crafted opinions, and self‑proclaimed “U.P. Cribbage Champ,” John Voelker made many contributions that live on today.
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Feb 24, 2012 · John D. Voelker, who wrote eleven books, including the 1958 best seller Anatomy of a Murder, under the name of Robert Traver, was born and spent almost his entire life in “the UP”— the Upper Peninsula—specifically Ishpeming, Michigan.
