Boston Blackie by N.C. Wyeth July 1914, The American Magazine "Unhurried and without excitement, but quickly, Boston Blackie forced drawer after drawer" . THIS WAS the lead illustration for "The Price of Principle," the first-ever Boston Blackie story and thus the first-ever depiction of one of crime fiction's more enduring characters. It appeared in the … Continue reading My Scrapbook: Boston Blackie by N.C. Wyeth →