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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... wrote new adven- tures , including " The Adventure of the Missing Tenants , " " The Adventure of the Late Mr. Faversham , " and " The Adventure of the Limping Man . " He wrote quickly , once composing three Solar Pons stories in one day ...
... wrote new adven- tures , including " The Adventure of the Missing Tenants , " " The Adventure of the Late Mr. Faversham , " and " The Adventure of the Limping Man . " He wrote quickly , once composing three Solar Pons stories in one day ...
Page 701
... wrote Report on Russia ( 1945 ) and Inquest on an Ally ( 1948 ) , the latter a discussion of Soviet foreign policy . His book Mending Minds : The Truth About Our Mental Hospitals ( 1938 ) dealt with mental hospitals in England . In 1938 ...
... wrote Report on Russia ( 1945 ) and Inquest on an Ally ( 1948 ) , the latter a discussion of Soviet foreign policy . His book Mending Minds : The Truth About Our Mental Hospitals ( 1938 ) dealt with mental hospitals in England . In 1938 ...
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... wrote short stories on the side and in 1936 won a fifty - dollar first prize in a short - story contest sponsored by the Milwaukee Journal and the McClure Syndi- cate . By 1939 , he was supporting himself almost entirely from his ...
... wrote short stories on the side and in 1936 won a fifty - dollar first prize in a short - story contest sponsored by the Milwaukee Journal and the McClure Syndi- cate . By 1939 , he was supporting himself almost entirely from his ...
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