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Product Description: The appearance of Sherlock Holmes in The Strand Magazine in 1891 began a stampede of writers who wanted to emulate, build upon or even satirize Arthur Conan Doyle's work. This book explores the development of detective fiction during the critical period between Conan Doyle's creation of Holmes and the advent of the Golden Age of the detective story during World War I...read more
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9780786477654 | McFarland & Co Inc Pub, July 29, 2014, cover price $40.00 | About this edition: The appearance of Sherlock Holmes in The Strand Magazine in 1891 began a stampede of writers who wanted to emulate, build upon or even satirize Arthur Conan Doyle's work.
Product Description: Traditionally, the history of detective stories as a literary genre begins in the 19th century with the works of Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Emile Gaboriau and a handful of other writers. The 19th century was actually awash in detective stories, though many, like the so-called detective notebooks, are so rare that they lay beyond the reach of even the most dedicated readers...read more
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9780786467877 | McFarland & Co Inc Pub, September 29, 2011, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: Traditionally, the history of detective stories as a literary genre begins in the 19th century with the works of Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Emile Gaboriau and a handful of other writers.
Product Description: Dashiell Hammett, like most successful writers, honed his skills in the trenches. Long before The Maltese Falcon and The Thin Man made him a household name, Hammett developed his technique writing satirical magazine pieces, then moved on to churn out tales of sex, crime and adventure for pulp magazines...read more
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9780786419623 | McFarland & Co Inc Pub, September 1, 2004, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: Dashiell Hammett, like most successful writers, honed his skills in the trenches.
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9780879724856 | Popular Pr of Bowling Green State, October 1, 1990, cover price $34.95
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9780879724863 | Popular Pr of Bowling Green State, October 1, 1990, cover price $16.95
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9780879723774 | Popular Pr of Bowling Green State, August 1, 1987, cover price $34.95 | About this edition: This book is a no-apologies introduction to Detective Fiction.
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9780879723781 | Popular Pr of Bowling Green State, August 1, 1987, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: This book is a no-apologies introduction to Detective Fiction.
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