The American Private Eye: The Image in Fiction - Softcover
Starting with little more than a cardboard stereotype the two-fisted detective- a colorful succession of writers of differing temperaments, attitudes and talents produced the most popular of all American heroes the "private eye" He, and she, flourishes today on a variety of literary levels. This book is a scholarly study which examines the output of twenty seven writers paying tribute to the forgotten pulpsters who presided over the birth of the P.I.
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- PublisherUngar Pub. Co.
- Publication date1985
- ISBN 10 0804461848
- ISBN 13 9780804461849
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages228
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: New. BRAND NEW COPY w/trace wear to softcover, and, light brown spotting (acidic paper reaction) to leading text edge. Invesgative study of the genre of private investigators for hire in American pulp fiction who came into being in the 1920s. Review of 27 important writers in the genre. 7 chapters: 1, Birth of a Hero; 2, The Pulpsters; 3, Life beyong the Pulps; 4, Post War P.I.s; 5, The Compassionate Eye; 6, After Archer; and 7, An Enduring Hero. Seller Inventory # 014961
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