The Truman Gumshoes: The Postwar Detective Fiction of Mickey Spillane, Ross Macdonald, Wade Miller and Bart Spicer
Author:   J.K. Van Dover
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
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9781476688022


Pages:   195
Publication Date:   14 February 2022
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   J.K. Van Dover
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.268kg
ISBN:  

9781476688022


ISBN 10:   1476688028
Pages:   195
Publication Date:   14 February 2022
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents Preface Introduction: Four Post–World War II Approaches to Detective Fiction 1. Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer 2. Wade Miller’s Max Thursday 3. Ross Macdonald’s Lew Archer 4. Bart Spicer’s Carney Wilde 5. The Solitary Detective Against the Organization Man: From Dupin to Lew Archer Appendix I. Between Black Mask and the Truman Dicks: Stout, Davis, Halliday Appendix II. The Doheny Case / The Cassidy Case Appendix III. Brief Lives of the Truman Writers, 1915–1952 Chapter Notes Bibliography Index

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J.K. Van Dover taught in the English Department of Lincoln University for 38 years; he has also taught as a Fulbright Professor of American Literature in Germany, China, Austria, and Slovakia. He has published extensively on detective fiction and lives in Newark, Delaware.

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