Critical Survey of Mystery and Detective Fiction: Authors, Volume 2Frank Northen Magill Salem Press, 1988 - 1748 pages Presents critical studies of more than 270 authors of detective and mystery fiction from around the world dating from the mid-eighteenth century to the present day. |
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... magazine for a large sum of money , Dent decided to try his hand at writing . Since he worked the night shift , he had time on his hands and was soon able to sell novels and stories to several pulp magazines . By 1929 , his name had ...
... magazine for a large sum of money , Dent decided to try his hand at writing . Since he worked the night shift , he had time on his hands and was soon able to sell novels and stories to several pulp magazines . By 1929 , his name had ...
Page 484
... pulp magazines . He read widely and his interests were boundless : He earned a radio operator's license ; he passed electrician's and plumber's examinations ; he got a pilot's license ; he climbed mountains ; he studied aerial ...
... pulp magazines . He read widely and his interests were boundless : He earned a radio operator's license ; he passed electrician's and plumber's examinations ; he got a pilot's license ; he climbed mountains ; he studied aerial ...
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... pulp magazines declined in the late 1940's and early 1950's , Gault was forced to supplement his income by working ... pulps , William Campbell Gault developed a distinctive voice . Gault took to heart the advice of William Saroyan ...
... pulp magazines declined in the late 1940's and early 1950's , Gault was forced to supplement his income by working ... pulps , William Campbell Gault developed a distinctive voice . Gault took to heart the advice of William Saroyan ...
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