Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1930s and 40s
| Book | Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1930s and 40s |
| Editor | Robert Polito |
| Copyright Renewed By | Bruce Fearing |
| Publisher | Literary Classics of the United States, Inc. |
| Contributing Writer | James M. Cain, Horace McCoy, Edward Anderson, Kenneth Fearing, William Lindsay Gresham, Cornell Woolrich |
| Reprinted with/by arrangement with | Estate of Horace McCoy, Russell & Volkening, Renee Gresham, David Gresham, Douglas H. Gresham |
| Notes by | Robert Polito |
| Published in/by Arrangement with | Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., Viking Penguin |
| Imprint | The Library of America |
| Copyright Holder (This Edition) | Literary Classics of the United States, Inc. |
| Distributed by/Director of Distribution | Penguin Group (USA) Inc., Penguin Books Canada Ltd |
| Copyright Holder | James M. Cain, Horace McCoy, Edward Anderson, Kenneth Fearing, William Lindsay Gresham, William Irish, Sheldon Abend, Author's Research Company |
| Publisher Series | The Library of America |
| Format | Hardback |
| Language | English |
| Location | New York, NY |
| Copyright | 1934 |
| Copyright Renewed | 1962 |
| Copyright | 1935 |
| Copyright | 1937 |
| Copyright | 1946 |
| Copyright Renewed | 1973 |
| Copyright | 1946 |
| Copyright | 1948 |
| Copyright | 1997 |
| Pages / Font | 990 pages |
| Series Number | 94 |
| ISBN | 1883011469 |
| Library of Congress Catalog Card Number | 97-2485 |
| Chapters | The Postman Always Rings Twice, by James M. Cain They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?, by Horace McCoy Thieves Like Us, by Edward Anderson The Big Clock, by Kenneth Fearing Nightmare Alley, by William Lindsay Gresham I Married a Dead Man, by Cornell Woolrich Biographical Notes Note on the Texts Notes |
| Notes | First Printing. Volume compilation, notes, and chronology copyright 1997 by Literary Classics of the United States, Inc. The Postman Always Rings Twice copyright 1934 by James M. Cain; renewed 1962 by James M. Cain; published by arrangement with Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? copyright 1935 by Horace McCoy; reprinted by arrangement with the Estate of Horace McCoy. Thieves Like Us copyright 1937 by Edward Anderson. The Big Clock copyright 1946 by Kenneth Fearing; renewed 1973 by Bruce Fearing; reprinted by permission of Russell & Volkening as agents for the author. Nightmare Alley copyright 1946 by William Lindsay Gresham; reprinted by permission of Renee Gresham, David Gresham, and Douglas H. Gresham. I Married a Dead Man copyright 1948 by William Irish; assigned to Sheldon Abend D/B/A Author's Research Company, 1982; Published by Arrangement with Viking Penguin, a division of Penguin Books USA, Inc. |
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