Re: RARA-AVIS: Historical analysis books...

From: sonny (sforstater@yahoo.com)
Date: 19 Feb 2009

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    frank gruber's 'pulp jungle' was recommended to me here a while back and i enjoyed it.

    --- On Thu, 2/19/09, Ron Clinton <clinton65@comcast.net> wrote:

    > From: Ron Clinton <clinton65@comcast.net>
    > Subject: RARA-AVIS: Historical analysis books...
    > To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
    > Date: Thursday, February 19, 2009, 2:32 PM
    > (Cross-posted in somewhat different form from Vintage
    > Paperbacks)
    >
    > I enjoy books about the history of genre publishing, the
    > various houses
    > behind them, how the authors eked out a living,
    > distribution matters, etc.
    > I presently have:
    >
    > 1). Hardboiled America
    > 2). The Mushroom Jungle
    > 3). The Fiction Factory
    > 4). The Book of Paperbacks
    > 5). Dope Menace
    > 6). UnderCover
    > 7). The Great American Paperback
    > 8). Black Mask Boys
    > 9). Sin-A-Rama
    > 10). Heartbreak & Vine
    > 11). Over My Dead Body
    >
    > ...and some author biographies (Woolrich, Thompson, Goodis,
    > J. Cain, F.
    > Brown, et al) and a bunch of similar but pulp-related
    > material.
    >
    > Have I missed any volumes of particular merit in
    > anyone's opinion?
    >
    > Ron Clinton
    >
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