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CORNUCOPIA OF CRIME
Memories and Summations by Francis M. Nevins
Over the past 40 years Francis M. Nevins has written novels and short stories as well as practicing law and teaching at universities. But one thing he has excelled at is writing about fellow mystery writers. He's known many of the giants of the field and has written at least two of the greatest biographies of all time, those of Cornell Woolrich and the writing team known as Ellery Queen.
Here he has collected some of his best and most important writings about writers in one huge 420-page tome from Ramble House. The Table of Contents will give you an idea of the scope of the book. There's also an exhaustive index that'll make this one of the most valuable reference books on your shelf.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. INTRODUCTION....................... 13 II. TITANS....................... 21 Erle Stanley Gardner Cornell Woolrich Ellery Queen Anthony Boucher III. COLD CASES....................... 105 Anthony Abbot Cleve F. Adams John Lawrence Milton Propper William Ard IV. PROFILES....................... 181 Michael Avallone Edward D. Hoch Harry Stephen Keeler John Lutz John D. MacDonald Jack Ritchie V. BROTHER AGENTS....................... 229 James Atlee Phillips David Atlee Phillips VI. PLEASE READ BEFORE THE LIGHTS DIM....................... 273 VII. POETIC PUZZLEMENT....................... 353 VIII. MEDIA Point Blank Bernard Herrmann Boucher and Sherlock Holmes Notes on Crime Shows of TV’s Golden Age IX. BITS AND PIECES....................... 389 X. FOR THE ABSENT....................... 401 Christianna Brand Ray B. Browne Joe L. Hensley Edward D. Hoch Stuart M. Kaminsky Joseph H. Lewis Aaron Marc Stein Two Women XI. INDEX Available Editions $24 Trade Paperback $36 Hardcover with dust jacket THE PERSONAL TOUCH E-mail fender@ramblehouse.com and give me your complete mailing address. If my painkillers have kicked in I'll probably give you a discount. Free shipping to US. I take PayPal or a check.
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