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Pulp writer : twenty years in the American Grub Street /

Main Author: Powers, Paul S. 1905-1971.
Other Authors: Powers, Laurie,
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2007.
Subjects:
Powers, Paul S. > 1905-1971.
Powers, Paul Sylvester, > 1905-1971.
Authors, American > 20th century
Pulp literature > Authorship.
Western stories > Authorship.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General.
Online Access:http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=184886
Table of Contents:
  • List of illustrations
  • Note on the text
  • Discovering Pulp Writer
  • Pulp Writer: Twenty Years in the American Grub Street
  • 1: I'd write a mile
  • 2: King of the photoplay; and I write a joke
  • 3: Art for the artless
  • 4: For whom the bellboy toils
  • 5: Darl and heart
  • 6: Ad astra per aspera, add aspirin
  • 7: Novel, and what didn't come of it
  • 8: General Grant slept here
  • 9: Enter Mr Oliphant
  • 10: Tricks of the trade
  • 11: Tumbleweed in Arizona
  • 12: Pilgrim in Santa Fe
  • 13: Pulp writer's problems
  • Life after the pulps
  • Afterword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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