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on Page One-A: Anthologies & Literary History on Page One-B: Early American Authors
here on Page Two: Early XXth Century Authors - A thru M
on Page Three: Early XXth Century Authors - N thru Z
on Page Four: Latter XXth Century Authors - A thru L
on Page Five: Latter XXth Century Authors - M thru Z
on Page Six: XX-XXIst Century Authors
Authors of Britain Pages Authors of France Page
American Poets Pages including The Beats
American Literature of The XIXth Century
American Literature of The XXth Century
Early XXth Century
American Authors
Authors A thru M {just below} Authors N thru Z {on Page 3}
 | "Moral Agents: Eight Twentieth-Century American Writers" [2015] by Edward Mendelson 'a work of critical biography in the great tradition of Plutarch, Samuel Johnson, and Emerson'; authors examined are: poet W.H. Auden [1907-73], Saul Bellow [1915-2005], Alfred Kazin [1915-98], Norman Mailer [1923-2007], editor William Keepers Maxwell Jr. [1908-2000], Dwight Macdonald [1906-82], Frank O'Hara [1926-66], and Lionel Trilling [1905-75] Kindle Edition from N.Y.R.B./Penguin Random House [3/2015] for $12.99 New York Review of Books 8½x5¾ hardcover [3/2015] for $17.14 |
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muckraker & novelist Samuel Hopkins Adams [1871-1958]
in addition to his several dozen books, Adams also wrote 415 short stories and articles
Broadway credits {2 plays, 1927 & 1960}
IMDb listing {1916-64}
Wikipedia
more info (short bio, books & ebooks, Broadway musicals, other media, family & friends, links) on
Spirit of America Bookstore's Samuel Hopkins Adams [1871-1958] Page
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Nelson Algren [1909-81]
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L. Frank Baum [1856-1919] Page
top of page short profile The Official Oz Books Canon other works Oz works by others
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 | "The Wizard of Oz" [M.G.M./Loew's Aug 1939]
A cyclone picks up a house, a girl, and her dog Toto and transports them to the strange land of Oz, where she meets a Tin Woodsman, a Cowardly Lion, and a Scarecrow. They travel together along the Yellow Brick Road, fighting witches & flying monkeys to get to the Emerald City, where they finally confront the terrible Wizard of Oz. Produced by Mervyn LeRoy, directed by Victor Fleming; based on the novel by L. Frank Baum; starring Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley, Billie Burke, Margaret Hamilton, Charley Grapewin & Terry {as Toto}; won Oscars for Best Music Score & Best Song, Oscar noms for Best Picture, Best Color Cinematography, Best Special Effects & Best Art Direction, Juvenile Oscar Award for Judy Garland; listed on National Film Registry (1989) Warner Home Video 70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Edition Blu-ray set [9/2009] 5 disks for $52.99 Warner Collector's Edition color DVD pkg [10/2005] 3 disks for $36.99 Warner Special Edition color DVD set [10/2005] 2 disks for $19.99 full credits from IMDb |
more details (synopsis, books, sequels, soundtrack CDs, links) on
"The Wizard of Oz" 1939 Movie Page
at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store
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Robert Benchley [1889-1945]
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Robert Benchley Society [est. 2003]
DB's "Benchley Mania!" fansite
Algonquin Round Table official site
"Robert Benchley: A Biography" [McGraw-Hill 1955] by Nathaniel Benchley
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"Robert Benchley and The Knights of The Algonquin" [2000] 26 Paramount comedy shorts [1928-42], with 3 that feature Alexander Woollcott & Donald Ogden Stewart Kino Video b&w DVD [2/2006] for $26.99 Kino Video b&w VHS [6/2000] out of prodn/used |
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author & naturalist Louis Bromfield [1896-1956] Page
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Malabar Farm
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won the Pulitzer Prize for The Novel for "Early Autumn" [1926]
Malabar Farm Historic Landmark Foundation in Lucas, Ohio
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Heywood Broun [1888-1939]
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Pearl S. Buck [1892-1973]
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"The Good Earth" [1937 movie]: DVD | video | credits at IMDb
1938 Nobel Prize in Literature
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W.R. Burnett [1899-1982] Page
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Edgar Rice Burroughs [1875-1950] Pages
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Beatrice Burton (Morgan) [1894-1983]
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James M. Cain [1892-1977] Page
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Southern writer Erskine Caldwell [1903-87]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erskine_Caldwell
"Skinny and Cat" [studio 2014?]
Announced 6/2012: Described as 'an epic love story', the film will tell the true story of the romance and marriage between
writer Caldwell and photojournalist Margaret Bourke White; script by Linda Yellen, starring Colin Firth & Cate Blanchett,
possibly to be directed by Barbra Streisand
latest info at IMDb
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Spirit of America Bookstore's
Willa Cather [1873-1947] Page
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"Willa Cather: Early Novels and Stories" [1987] Edited by Sharon O'Brien "The Troll Garden" [stories 1905], "O Pioneers!" [1913], "The Song of The Lark" [1915], "My Antonia" [1918], "One of Ours" [1922] Library of America 8¼x5¼ hardcover [1987] for $22.99 Library of America 8¼x5¼ hardcover [1987] out of print/used "Willa Cather: Later Novels" [1990] Edited by Sharon O'Brien "Willa Cather: Stories, Poems, and Other Writings" [1992] Edited by Sharon O'Brien
"Willa Cather Novels & Stories, 1905-1918" [1999] Edited by Sharon O'Brien "Willa Cather: The Complete Fiction & Other Writings" Box Set [2016]
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Raymond Chandler [1888-1959] Pages
at BlackHat Mystery Bookstore
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 | Raymond Chandler: Stories & Early Novels [1995] Edited by Frank McShane "Big Sleep"; "Farewell, My Lovely"; "High Window" Library of America 8x5 hardcover [10/95] for $24.50 |
 | Raymond Chandler: Later Novels & Other Writings [1995] Edited by Frank McShane "Lady In The Lake"; "Little Sister"; "Long Goodbye"; "Playback" Library of America 8x5 hardcover [10/95] for $24.50 |
pseudonym Allen Chapman [1900s to 1930s]
Stratemeyer Syndicate [est. 1897] hired writers to produce series books under various names, including Allen Chapman; 'his' series were "Ralph On The Railroad",
"The Radio Boys", Bart Stirling, Tom Fairfield (college athlete), and The Darewell Chums (Bart Keene, Fenn Masterson, Frank Roscoe, Ned Wilding)
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 | "The Classic Works of Allen Chapman" for Kindle [2013] contains seven novels: "Bart Stirling's Road To Success: Young Express Agent"; "Frank Roscoe's Secret"; "Fred Fenton Marathon Runner"; "Fred Fenton On The Crew"; "Fred Fenton On The Track"; "The Radio Boys' First Wireless"; and "Tom Fairfield's Pluck and Luck" Kindle Edition from Leeaf Books [7/2013] for $5.99 |
Ralph On The Railroad series [1906-33]
series books no entry at Wikipedia
"Ralph In The Switch Tower"
"Ralph On The Engine: or, The Young Fireman of The Limited Mail"
http://www.amazon.com/Ralph-engine-fireman-limited-railroad/dp/B002IZXOR6/
"Ralph On The Overland Express: or, The Trials and Triumphs of A Young Engineer" []
 | "Ralph of The Round House: or, Bound To Become A Railroad Man" [1906 novel] by Allen Chapman, Illustrated by Clare Angell Chapter titles are:1. The Daylight Express; 2. Waking Up; 3. A Lost Ball; 4. Ike Slumps Dinner Pail; 5. Opportunity; 6. The Master Mechanic; 7. At The Roundhouse; 8. The Old Factory; 9. An Unexpected Guest; 10. The Mysterious Letter; 11. On Duty; 12. Ike Slumps Revenge; 13. Making His Way; 14. Ralph Fairbanks Request; 15. Van; 16. Face To Face; 17. The Battle By The Tracks; 18. A Name To Conjure By?; 19. Ike Slumps Friends; 20. The Hide-Out; 21. A Free Ride; 22. Behind Time; 23. Bardon, The Inspector; 24. A New Enemy; 25. Diamond Cut Diamond; 26. A Roving Commission; 27. Recalled To Life; 28. Mystery; 29. A Rival Railroad; 30. The Right of Way; 31. A Remarkable Confession; 32. Found; 33. Ike Slumps Raft; 34. Victory!; and 35. Conclusion Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [3/2012] for 99’ Walnut Hollow Books 8½x5½ pb [2008] out of print/used Chatterton-Peck Co. hardcover [1906] long out of print/scarce |
 | "Ralph On The Railroad: Four Complete Adventure Books For Boys In One Big Volume" [Mershon Co. 1906] by Allen Chapman
omnibus book of four novels: "Ralph In The Round House", "Ralph In The Switch Tower", "Ralph On The Engine", and "Ralph On The Overland Express" Grosset & Dunlap reprint hardcover [1933] long out of print/scarce Grosset & Dunlap hardcover [1906] long out of print/scarce available as free online etext at Internet Archive |
"Ralph On The Army Train" [#6 = 1918]
"Ralph The Train Dispatcher" []
"Ralph On The Midnight Flyer: or, The Wreck At Shadow Valley" [1923]
"Ralph and The Missing Mail Pouch: or, The Stolen Government Bonds" [1924]
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John Cheever [1912-82]
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authoritative biography of Cheever [Knopf 3/2009] by Blake Bailey
 | "John Cheever: Collected Stories and Other Writings" [2009] Edited by Blake Bailey Library of America 8x5¼ hardcover [3/2009] for $23.10 includes the complete "Stories of John Cheever" [1978], seven stories from "The Way Some People Live" [1943], seven additional stories first published in periodicals between 1930 & 1953, and several short essays on writers and writing "John Cheever: Complete Novels" [2009] Edited by Blake Bailey Library of America 8x5¼ hardcover [3/2009] for $23.10 includes "The Wapshot Chronicle" [1957], "The Wapshot Scandal" [1964], "Bullet Park" [1969], "Falconer" [1977], and "Oh, What A Paradise It Seems" [1982] |
American author & politician Winston Churchill [1871-1947]
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"Mr. Keegan's Elopement" magazine serial (1896) + hardback (1903)
"The Celebrity" [1898]
"Richard Carvel" [1899]
"Richard Carvel" play produced on Broadway [19001901]
"Richard Carvel" silent feature film [1915] /tt0005965/
"The Crisis" [1901]
"The Crisis" play produced on Broadway [1902]
"The Crisis" silent feature film [1916] /tt0006557/
"The Crossing" [1904]
"The Crossing" play produced on Broadway [1906]
"Coniston" [1906]
"The Title Mart" play produced on Broadway [1906]
"Mr. Crewe's Career" [1908]
"A Modern Chronicle" [1910]
"The Inside of the Cup" [1913]
"The Inside of the Cup" silent feature film [1921] /tt0012318/
"A Far Country" [1915]
"The Dwelling-Place of Light" [1917]
"The Dwelling Place of Light" silent feature film [1920] /tt0011141/
"A Traveller In War-Time" [1918]
"Dr. Jonathan: A play in three acts" [1919]
"The Uncharted Way" [1940 about religion
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poet-playwright E.E. Cummings [1894-1962]
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selected poetry
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Poets.org's E.E. Cummings pages
E.E. Cummings Society
"E.E. Cummings: A Life" [Pantheon 2014] by Susan Cheever 9780307379979
"Enormous Smallness: The Sweet Illustrated Story of E. E. Cummings and His Creative Bravery" []
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/159270171X/
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humorist William Jacob 'Will' Cuppy [1884-1949]
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"Maroon Tales: University of Chicago Stories" [1910]
"How To Be A Hermit: A Bachelor Keeps House" [1929 bestseller]
"How To Become Extinct" [1941]
"World's Great Mystery Stories: American & English Masterpieces" [1943] /B000QKF7QQ/
"World's Great Detective Stories: American & English Masterpieces" [1943] /B000XU86OE/
"Murder Without Tears: An Anthology of Crime" [Sheridan House, 1946] /B004AWPT1O/
"The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody" [1950] completed/edited by Fred Feldkamp
"How To Get From January To December" comic almanac [1951] edited by Fred Feldkamp
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James Oliver 'Jim' Curwood [1878-1927]
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American action-adventure writer & conservationist; many best sellers in the early 1920s; at the time of his death, he was the
highest paid (per word) author in the world.
his writing studio Curwood Castle is now a museum in Owosso, Michigan
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Holman Francis Day [1865-1935]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holman_Day
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0206425/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holman_Day_House
Works by or about Holman Day at Internet Archive
http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=%22Holman%20Day%22&and[]=mediatype%3A%22texts%22
"Works of Holman Day" for Kindle [6/2013]
http://www.amazon.com/Works-Holman-Day-ebook/dp/B00D8O10E0/
 | "The Rainy Day Railroad War" [1906] by Holman Francis Day [1865-1935] Plot details hard to find, but illustrations suggest soldiers operating railroads overseas; previously serialized in The Youth's Companion Magazine Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [5/2012] for FREE! ValdeBooks 9x6 pb [10/2009] for $9.27 Pinnacle Press 9¼x6 hardcover [5/2017] for $22.95 out of print/used available as free online etext at Project Gutenberg A.S. Barnes May 1906 edition available as free online flip-book at Internet Archive |
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Lester Dent [1904-59] Page
Lester Dent wrote over 160 Doc Savage novels
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August Derleth [1909-71]
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'Sac Prairie Saga' books
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August Derleth Society bio
August Derleth at Walden East
August Derleth fansite
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Theodore Dreiser [1871-1945]
"[Dreiser] somehow conveys, without refinement, depths of feeling that we usually associate
with Balzac or Shakespeare." — Saul Bellow
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International Theodore Dreiser Society [est. 1991]
Dreiser Web Source at UPenn
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Dreiser [1987] Edited by Richard Lehan
Library of America 8¼x5¼ hardcover [8/87] for $29.20 includes "Sister Carrie" [1900 novel], "Jennie Gerhardt" [1911 novel], and "Twelve Men" [1919 non-fiction] Dreiser: "An American Tragedy" [1925 bestseller] Edited by Thomas P. Riggio Library of America 8x5¼ hardcover [3/2003] for $26.40 |
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"Theodore Dreiser: An American Journey" [1993] Abridged edition by Richard Lingeman Wiley & Sons 9x6 pb [5/93] for $21.95 "Theodore Dreiser, Volume 1: At The Gates of The City, 1871-1907" [1986] by Richard Lingeman Putnam 9¼x6¼ hardcover [10/86] out of print/many used "Theodore Dreiser, Volume 2: An American Journey, 1908-1945" [1990] by Richard Lingeman Putnam hardcover [3/90] out of print/used |
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"Dreiser and Veblen: Saboteurs of The Status Quo" [1999] by Clare Virginia Eby Univ MO Press 9½x6¼ hardcover [2/99] for $39.95 Thorstein B. Veblen Page at Maison d'Κtre Philosophy Bookstore |
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"Cambridge Companion To Theodore Dreiser" [2004] Edited by Leonard Cassuto & Clare Virginia Eby Cambridge Univ Press 8¾x6 pb [3/2004] for $25.99 Cambridge Univ Press 9x6 hardcover [3/2004] for $75.00 |
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"The Last Titan: A Life of Theodore Dreiser" [2005] by Jerome Loving Univ CA Press 9x6½ pb [3/2005] for $26.56 |
Lloyd C. Douglas [1877-1951]
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Howard Fast [1914-2003]
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on H.U.A.C.'s Hollywood Blacklist in the 1940s & 1950s
"Spartacus" 1951 Book & 1960 Movie Page at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store
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Wm. Faulkner [1897-1962] Page
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William Faulkner Quotations Page at Working Minds Philosophy website
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Edna Ferber [1885-1968]
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 | "Five Complete Novels by Edna Ferber, Complete & Unabridged: So Big, Show Boat, Cimarron, Saratoga Trunk, Giant" [1981] Avenel Books 9x6½ hardcover [6/81] out of print/many used Avenel Books 9x6½ hardcover [6/81] out of print/used |
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F. Scott Fitzgerald [1896-1940] Pages
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humorist Corey Ford [1902-69]
also used pseudonyms John Riddell & June Triplett
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 | "The John Riddell Murder Case" [1930] by John Riddell, Illustrated by Miguel Covarrubias American humorist Corey Ford [1902-69] wrote satirical reviews under the penname John Riddell; this novel is a parody of a Philo Vance mystery: the body of book reviewer Riddell is found in his apartment, his death apparently caused by boredom - suspects include Sherwood Anderson, Calvin Coolidge, Robert Frost, Dashiell Hammett, Will Rogers, Jim Tully, and Alexander Woollcott Scribner's 7½x5½ hardcover [1930] long out of print/used Scribner's hardcover [1930] long out of print/used book entry at Wikipedia |
 | "The Best of Corey Ford" [1975] Edited by Jack Samson, Illustrated by Lorence Bjorklund Holt, Rinehart & Winston 9¼x6 hardcover [1975] out of print/used |
Gene Fowler [1890-1960]
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"The Life and Legend of Gene Fowler" [1977] by H. Allen Smith
Wm. Morrow hardcover [1/77] out of print/many used
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poet Robert Frost [1874-1963] Page
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Robert Frost: Collected Poems, Prose and Plays [1995] Edited by Richard Poirier & Mark Richardson Library of America 8¼x5¼ hardcover [10/95] for $23.10 includes the collections "Complete Poems of Robert Frost" [1949] & "In the Clearing" [1962], and nearly two dozen early works |
Wolcott Gibbs [1902-58]
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 | "Backward Ran Sentences: The Best of Wolcott Gibbs From The New Yorker" [2011] Edited & Introduced by Thomas Vinciguerra, Foreword by P.J. O'Rourke Kindle Edition from Bloomsbury USA [10/2011] for $9.89 Bloomsbury USA 8¼x5½ pb [10/2011] for $17.16 |
Zane Grey [1872-1939] Pages
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Nancy Hale [1908-88]
famed for her short stories, most were published in The New Yorker, 1931-69; won ten O. Henry Prizes; also wrote 6 (or 7) novels
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"The Young Die Good" first novel [1932]
"Never Any More" second novel [1934]
"The Prodigal Women" [1942]
"The Sign of Jonah" [1950]
"Dear Beast" [1959]
"Black Summer" [1963]
"Secrets" [1968]
 | "Nancy Hale: On The Life & Work of A Lost American Master" [2012] Edited by Dan Chaon, Norah H. Lind & Phong Nguyen Pleiades Press Unsung Masters 8¼x5½ pb [6/2012] for $12.99 |
 | "Where The Light Falls: Selected Stories of Nancy Hale" [2019]  Edited by Lauren Groff Kindle Edition from Library of America [9/2019] for $11.99 Library of America 8½x5¾ hardcover [9/2019] for $23.40 |
Dashiell Hammett [1894-1961] Pages
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Lillian Hellman
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![won Oscar of Best Original Story for "Underworld" [1927]](images/oscar_sm.gif) | Ben Hecht [1894-1964]
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 | "Ben Hecht: The Man Behind The Legend" [1990] by William MacAdams Barricade Books 9x6½ pb [2/95] out of print/used Scribner hardcover [3/90] out of print/used "A Child of The Century" [1985] memoirs of Ben Hecht Plume 7x5 pb [5/85] out of print/used Dutton hardcover [5/85] out of print/used |
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playwright Lillian Hellman [1905-84] Page
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Ernest Hemingway [1899-1961] Page
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Robert E. Howard [1906-36] & Conan the Cimmerian Page
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Langston Hughes [1925-90]
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Langston Hughes page at A.A.L.B.C.
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Wm. Bradford Huie [1910-86]
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Zora Neale Hurston [1891-1960]
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 | Hurston: Folklore, Memoirs & Other Writings [1995] Edited by Cheryl A. Wall
Library of America 8x5 hardcover [2/95] for $24.00 includes "Mules and Men" [1935]; "Tell My Horse" [1937]; "Dust Tracks On A Road" [1942 autobiography]; and 22 essays Hurston: Novels & Stories [1995] Edited by Cheryl A. Wall Library of America 8¼x5¼ hardcover [2/95] for $21.35 includes "Jonah's Gourd Vine" [1934]; "Their Eyes Were Watching God" [1937 novel]; "Moses, Man of The Mountain" [1939 novel]; "Seraph On The Suwanee" [1948]; and selected short stories |
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Californias 'premier bard' Robinson Jeffers [1887-1962] Page
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George S. Kaufman [1889-1961]
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"George S. Kaufman: An Intimate Portrait" [1972] by Howard Teichman
Atheneum hardcover [1/72] out of print/used
 | Kaufman & Company: Broadway Comedies [2004] Edited by Laurence Maslon Library of America 8x5¼ hardcover [9/2004] for $26.60 includes "The Royal Family" [1927], "Animal Crackers" [1928], "June Moon" [1929], "Once In A Lifetime" [1930], "Of Thee I Sing" [1931 musical], "You Can't Take It With You" [1936], "Dinner At Eight" [1932], "Stage Door" [1936] and "The Man Who Came To Dinner" [1939] |
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romance author Judith Krantz [1928-2019]
after a successful career as a journalist, she wrote her first novel at age 50 and went on to sell over 80 million books;
several of her novels were also turned into television miniseries
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sci-fi pioneer Henry Kuttner [1915-58]
husband and wife often collaborated, with single & team works also
published under the pseudonyms Lewis Padgett & Lawrence O'Donnell
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Henry Kuttner entry at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
his wife (1940-58) & co-writer
C.L. {Catherine Lucille} Moore [19111987]
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C.L. Moore entry at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
 | "Robots Have No Tails" [5 stories; 1973] by Henry Kuttner, Foreword by F. Paul Wilson Paizo Publng 9¼x6 pb [6/2009] for $10.39 Complete collection of Kuttner's five classic stories of binge-drinking inventor Galloway Gallegher |
 | "The Best of Henry Kuttner" [17 stories, 1975] Introduction by Ray Bradbury "Henry Kuttner: A Neglected Master" Ballantine Books mass pb [3/75] out of print/used Nelson Doubleday Book Club hardcover [3/75] out of print/used collection includes: "A Gnome There Was"; "Absalom"; "The Big Night"; "Cold War"; "Endowment Policy"; "Exit The Professor"; "Housing Problem"; "The Iron Standard"; "Mimsy Were The Boro-groves"; "The Misguided Halo"; "Nothing But Gingerbread Left"; "Or Else"; "The Proud Robot"; "Two-Handed Engine"; "The Twonky"; "The Voice of The Lobster"; and "What You Need" |
 | "The Last Mimzy: Stories" [17 stories; 2007] "originally published as The Best of Henry Kuttner" Del Rey movie tie-in 8x5½ pb [2/2007] for $11.86 |
 | "The Last Mimzy" [New Line Cinema March 2007] "The future is trying to tell us something" Two siblings begin to develop special talents after they find a mysterious box of toys, and are soon drawn into a strange new world, with a task ahead of them that is far more important than they could imagine! Directed by Robert Shaye; based on a short story by 'Lewis Padgett'; starring Joely Richardson, Timothy Hutton, Michael Clarke Duncan, Rainn Wilson, Chris O'Neil, Rhiannon Leigh Wryn, Kathryn Hahn & Kirsten Williamson New Line Home Video widescreen color DVD [7/2007] for $10.49 New Line Home Video pan & scan color DVD [7/2007] for $11.49 full credits at IMDb official movie site is shut down |
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Oliver La Farge [1901-63]
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"Ring: A Biography of Ring Lardner" [1977] by Jonathan Yardley Rowman & Littlefield 9x6 pb [4/2001] for $18.95 Random House hardcover [1/77] out of print/many used |
(his son) screenwriter Ring Lardner, Jr. [1915-2000]
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Sinclair Lewis [1885-1951]
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Ross Lockridge, Jr. [1914-48]
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"Raintree County" [1948 bestseller & classic] by Ross Lockridge, Jr. Buccaneer Books hardcover [12/91] for $32.97 Penguin pb [4/94] out of print/used Houghton Mifflin hardcover [6/84] out of print/used Pan Macmillan pb [1977] out of print/used |
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1957 M.G.M. movie
Directed by [blacklistee] Edward Dmytryk; starring Montgomery Clift, Eva Marie Saint, Lee Marvin & Elizabeth Taylor {nominated for Best Actress Oscar} MGM/UA color VHS [1985] 2 tapes for $19.75 MGM/UA color widescreen VHS [1985] 2 tapes for $79.95 Warner color roadshow VHS [10/99] 2 tapes for $32.00 Warner color widescreen VHS [10/99] 2 tapes - out of prodn/used Film Score Monthly remastered soundtrack CD [11/2010] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb 11"x17" white poster from Amazon for $9.99 'Raintree County' website |
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Jack London [1876-1916] Page
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lawyer & novelist Charles Major [1856-1913]
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"When Knighthood Was In Flower" [Bobbs-Merrill Co. 1898] as Edwin Caskoden
In 1901, playwright Paul Kester wrote the Broadway play; filmed in 1922 & 1956
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John P. Marquand [1893-1960]
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Fox color DVD box set [8/2006] 4 disks for $44.99 includes "Thank You, Mr. Moto" [1937], "Think Fast, Mr. Moto" [1937], "Mr. Moto Takes A Chance" [1938], and "Mysterious Mr. Moto" [1938] "The Mr. Moto Collection - Volume 2" Starring Peter Lorre Fox color DVD set [2/2007] for $44.49 includes "Mr. Moto's Gamble" [1938], "Mr. Moto On Danger Island" [1939], "Mr. Moto Takes A Vacation" [1939], and "Mr. Moto's Last Warning" [1939] |
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Don Marquis [1878-1937]
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Penguin Classics 7½x5 pb [8/2006] for $10.20 "archyology: The Long Lost Tales of Archy & Mehitabel" [1996] by Don Marquis, Edited by Jeff Adams Univ Press of New England 8¾x5¼ hardcover [2/96] for $11.96 "archyology ii (The Final Dig): The Long Lost Tales of Archy & Mehitabel" [1998] by Don Marquis, Edited by Jeff Adams Univ Press of New England hardcover [3/98] for $13.22 |
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Edison Marshall [1894-1967]
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http://www.amazon.com/Vikings-Kirk-Douglas/dp/B000062XF2/
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[Ms.] Carson McCullers [1917-67]
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"The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter" [1940 novel] made into 1968 movie
"Reflections In A Golden Eye" [1941 novel] made into 1967 movie directed by John Huston
"The Member of The Wedding" [1946 novel] made into 1952 movie
"The Ballad of The Sad Cafe" [1951 novella] made into 1991 movie
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Announced 10/2011: Co-producers Troy Johanson & Blair Breard and co-producer, co-writer & director Deborah Kampmeier
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Added 5/2012: Logan Marshall Green will portray Tennessee Williams
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 | "The Republic of Imagination: America In Three Books" [2014] by Azar Nafisi "An impassioned, beguiling, and utterly original tribute to the vital importance of fiction in a democratic society" thru examination of three novels: "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" [1885] by Mark Twain [1835-1910], "Babbitt" [1922] by Sinclair Lewis [1885-1951], and "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter" [1940] by Carson McCullers Kindle Edition from Viking/Penguin [10/2014] for $11.99 Viking Adult 8½x6 hardcover [10/2014] for $20.99 author's official website |
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Margaret 'Peggy' Mitchell [1900-49]
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"Gone With The Wind" novel [Scribner Sept 1936] by Margaret Mitchell
Beautiful and selfish Scarlett O'Hara loses her first love, and takes up with renegade Rhett Butler at the start of the War Between The States; she refuses to admit her love for Rhett and eventually loses him and her beloved Tara plantation; awarded the Pulitzer Prize for The Novel in 1937; listed on Time Magazine's All-TIME 100 Novels (10/2005) Warner Books mass pb [8/93] for $7.99 Warner Books 8¼x5½ pb [4/99] for $10.85 Scribner 8½x6 hardcover [facsimile] for $17.82 |
"Gone With The Wind"
feature film [Selznick/M.G.M. Dec 1939]
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Warner 70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Edition color Blu-ray [11/2009] 3 disks for $78.97 Warner 70th Anniversary Limited Edition color DVD [11/2009] 5 disks for $39.49 Warner Collector's Edition color DVD set [11/2004] 4 disks for $27.99 Warner Special Edition color DVD [1/2006] 2 disks for $13.99 Warner color VHS [3/2000] 2 tapes - out of prodn/many used Rhino/WEA soundtrack CD [6/97] for $11.98 full credits from IMDb |
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"Margaret Mitchell of Atlanta: The Author of Gone With The Wind" [1965] by Finis Farr Wm. Morrow & Co. hardcover [1965] out of print/used Wm. Morrow & Co. hardcover [1965] out of print/used |
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"Southern Daughter: The Life of Margaret Mitchell & The Making of Gone With The Wind" [1991] by Darden Asbury Pyron Hill Street Press 8¾x6 pb [7/2004] for $13.42 Oxford Univ Press 9½x6¼ hardcover [3/91] out of print/used |
Toni Morrison [1931-2019]
Nobel laureate who transfigured American literature
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toni_Morrison
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