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Crime Stories and Other Writings

Crime Stories and Other Writings

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BookCrime Stories and Other Writings
Notes bySteven Marcus
ImprintThe Library of America
PublisherLiterary Classics of the United States, Inc.
Publisher SeriesThe Library of America
Copyright HolderLiterary Classics of the United States, Inc.
Distributed by/Director of DistributionPenguin Putnam Inc., Penguin Books Canada Ltd
SeriesThe Continental Op
EditorSteven Marcus
FormatHardback
LanguageEnglish
LocationNew York, NY
Copyright2001
Pages / Font934 pages
Series Number125
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number00-054594
ISBN1-931082-00-6
Barcode9 781931 082006
ChaptersCRIME STORIES Arson Plus (The Black Mask, 1 October 1923)* Slippery Fingers (The Black Mask 15 October 1923)* Crooked Souls (The Black Mask, 15 October 1923)* The Tenth Clew (The Black Mask, 1 January 1924)* Zigzags of Treachery (The Black Mask, 1 March 1924)* The House in Turk Street (The Black Mask, 15 April 1924)* The Girl with the Silver Eyes (The Black Mask, June 1924)* Women, Politics and Murder (The Black Mask, September 1924)* The Golden Horseshoe (The Black Mask, November 1924)* Nightmare Town (Argosy All-Story Weekly, December 27, 1924) The Whosis Kid (The Black Mask, March 1925)* The Scorched Face (The Black Mask, May 1925)* Dead Yellow Women (The Black Mask, November 1925)* The Gutting of Couffignal (The Black Mask, December 1925)* The Assistant Murderer (The Black Mask, February 1926) Creeping Siamese (The Black Mask, March 1926)* The Big Knockover (Black Mask, February 1927)* $106,000 Blood Money (Black Mask, May 1927)* The Main Death (Black Mask, June 1927)* This King Business (Mystery Stories, January 1928) Fly Paper (Black Mask, August 1929)* The Farewell Murder (Black Mask, February 1930)* Woman in the Dark (Liberty, 8, 15, 22 April 1933) Two Sharp Knives (Collier's, 13 January 1934) OTHER WRITINGS The Thin Man: An Early Typescript (City Magazine, November 4, 1975) From the Memoirs of a Private Detective (The Smart Set, March 1923) Suggestions to Detective Story Writers (“The Crime Wave,” The New York Evening Post, June 7, 1930; July 5, 1930) Chronology Note on the Texts Notes
NotesFirst Printing. Sources are included in the contents. Stories featuring the Continental Op are marked with an asterisk.
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