James R,
Re Steve Mertz's comments below:
> I just finished lurking in on the Cleve F.
Adams
> CONTRABAND discussion over at rara-avis.
Gleaned
> from a letter to me from Adams' widow, and
the
> Bellem files at UCLA, here's the deal. Adams
was
> gravely ill, and so hired Bellem to string
together
> a series of novelettes that appeared in
DETECTIVE
> FICTION WEEKLY in the 1930's, featuring G-man
Jim
> Flagg, into the stand-alone Reed Smith
novel.
> Bellem simply padded out the Flagg stories, which
is
> why the novel is episodic, and is why
Adams
> dedicated the novel to Bellem and his wife.
After
> Adams died, Bellem (with some help from WT
Ballard)
> expanded two other pulp magazine novellas into
books
> (NO WINGS ON A COP and SHADY LADY) as a favor
to
> Mrs. Adams.
I'd already submitted the article on narc fiction that I was
writing, but I've revised it, incorporating the corrections
that Steve's information makes possible.
Please thank him for passing along the whole story.
JIM DOHERTY
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