In a message dated 9/28/06 1:37:50 PM,
jgertzma@earthlink.net writes:
> Does anyone know where I can find information on
"Manhunt" magazine
> and/or where there might be a library with
holdings. I understand it
> was to the 1950s what "Black Mask" was to the 1920s.
Is that so?
>
> ---
> I've heard varying versions of this particular story
but I'm pretty sure
that the Scott Meredith literary agency, the giant agency of
its time, played a large role in supplying Manhunt with
stories from its own list of writers. The degree to which
this is true varies from Scott Meredith sending them SOME
stories to SM sending virtually ALL their stories. Whatever
the truth, Manhunt's first seven years were spectacular,
joining the best of the pre-war hardboiled writers with the
best of the post-war ones including, Spillane, Chas.
Williams, John D. MacDonald, Ross Macdonald, David Goodis,
etc. Their final years were distinguished only by pieces by
brand new generation writers such as Larwence Block and
Daonald Westlake. It was certainly the equal of Black mask
and maybe, for a two year run, even its better.
Ed Gorman
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