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The red hot typewriter : the life and times of John D. MacDonald

Title
The red hot typewriter : the life and times of John D. MacDonald / Hugh Merrill.
Author
Merrill, Hugh.
Publication
New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Minotaur, 2000.

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Description
256 pages; 25 cm
Summary
  • "From the 1950s through the 1980s, John D. MacDonald was one of the most popular and prolific writers in America. He was a crime writer who managed to break free of the genre and finally get serious consideration from critics. Seventy of his novels and more than five hundred of his short stories were published in his lifetime. When he died in 1986, more than seventy million copies of his books had been sold.".
  • "This biography of a popular author adds resonance to the body of MacDonald's creative work, as well as providing a deeper understanding of that work that will send reders back to his many books."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject
  • MacDonald, John D. 1916-1986
  • Detective and mystery stories, American > History and criticism
  • Novelists, American > 20th century > Biography
  • Detective and mystery stories > Authorship
  • McGee, Travis (Fictitious character)
  • Private investigators in literature
  • Fort Lauderdale (Fla.) > In literature
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-246) and index.
ISBN
0312209053
LCCN
99462151
OCLC
  • ocm43296877
  • SCSB-3901503
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries