In his intro to the ARCHER IN HOLLYWOOD collection, Ross
Macdonald said that, for him, writing was a continuation of
the war. It got me wondering how many hard-boiled writers had
been in combat. Of course, in the fifties, nine out of ten
males over maybe thirty had been in the army. I was just
curious if it was known of how many, specifically, wrote as a
way of adjusting to civilian life.
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