Dick Lochte:
<<Gruber's "Pulp Jungle" is full of fascinating stuff.
Books like David Wilt's
"Hardboiled in Hollywood" (five Black Mask writers and the
movies) and Bill Nolan's "The Black Mask Boys" (essays and
stories) are mainly concerned with careers, but still provide
a few insights into personal lives. Anybody on this list know
of any other sources of information on the
subject?>>
From The Pulp Jungle I recall that Gruber was friends with
(and spoke highly about) Carroll John Daly. He also recounts
a bad experience with Chandler and
(I think) has bad things to say about Richard Sale. He also
praises Frederick Faust a.k.a. Max Brand to the skies. I
don't recall what, if anything, he says about Hammett or
McCoy.
The sad thing is that there are so few survivors from that
fascinating era, and there isn't much information available
about the life of major authors like Raoul Whitfield, Norbert
Davis, and Paul Cain. I never got off the ground in an
attempt to research Davis.
Regards,
mt
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