RE: RARA-AVIS: Historical analysis books...

From: Ron Clinton (clinton65@comcast.net)
Date: 19 Feb 2009

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    Oh yes, I have that one...I probably have as many pulp-related historical works as books (a dozen or so of each).

    Gruber's is a good one. I've heard grumblings that his recollections are unfairly tainted by personal grudges, but I suppose that's what a biography is all about.

    Ron C.

    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com [mailto:rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com] On
    > Behalf Of sonny
    > Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 3:37 PM
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    > Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: Historical analysis books...
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    > frank gruber's 'pulp jungle' was recommended to me here a while back and i
    > enjoyed it.
    >
    >
    > --- On Thu, 2/19/09, Ron Clinton <clinton65@comcast.net> wrote:
    >
    > > From: Ron Clinton <clinton65@comcast.net>
    > > Subject: RARA-AVIS: Historical analysis books...
    > > To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
    > > Date: Thursday, February 19, 2009, 2:32 PM
    > > (Cross-posted in somewhat different form from Vintage
    > > Paperbacks)
    > >
    > > I enjoy books about the history of genre publishing, the
    > > various houses
    > > behind them, how the authors eked out a living,
    > > distribution matters, etc.
    > > I presently have:
    > >
    > > 1). Hardboiled America
    > > 2). The Mushroom Jungle
    > > 3). The Fiction Factory
    > > 4). The Book of Paperbacks
    > > 5). Dope Menace
    > > 6). UnderCover
    > > 7). The Great American Paperback
    > > 8). Black Mask Boys
    > > 9). Sin-A-Rama
    > > 10). Heartbreak & Vine
    > > 11). Over My Dead Body
    > >
    > > ...and some author biographies (Woolrich, Thompson, Goodis,
    > > J. Cain, F.
    > > Brown, et al) and a bunch of similar but pulp-related
    > > material.
    > >
    > > Have I missed any volumes of particular merit in
    > > anyone's opinion?
    > >
    > > Ron Clinton
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