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

From: E.H. Borgers (ehborg@gmail.com)
Date: 21 Feb 2009

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    (I cc to mrT as my mail problems with R-A are still on)

    I suggest that you check :

    THE BIG BOOK OF NOIR - Caroll & Graf, 1998

    A collection of articles and short essays, dealing also with publishers and authors of the paperbacks era. Very interesting and informative as it covers a wide scope of topics all related to noir/hardboiled field;

    E.Borgers POLAR NOIR

    On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 8:32 PM, Ron Clinton <clinton65@comcast.net> wrote:

    > (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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