Donald Hamilton is a real person; he was born Donald
Bentgsson Hamilton
in March 24, 1916, in Uppsala, Sweden. He immigrated to the
US with his
parents in 1924. I think he's still alive and living in Santa
Fe, New
Mexico. _The damagers_, his latest Matt Helm novel, was
published by
Fawcett in 1993.
The Hamilton article in "Firsts" is particularly noteworthy
because it
examines the early suspense and western titles Hamilton wrote
before
Matt Helm monopolized his writing career. Great novels like
_Night
walker_ and _Line of fire_ have been eclipsed by his later
success,
which is really a shame.
One further word on the articles in "Firsts:" this is a
magazine for
book collectors, so if discussion of rarity and prices
disturb you,
don't pick up this magazine.
-- James Stephenson Rare Books & Special Collections Cataloger University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742 Email: js272@umail.umd.edu # # To unsubscribe, say "unsubscribe rara-avis" to majordomo@icomm.ca. # The web pages for the list are at http://www.vex.net/~buff/rara-avis/.