Dictionary of Literary Biography: volume 226, American Hard-Boiled Crime Writers, edited by George Parker Anderson and Julie B. Anderson

 

Parker Anderson, George; Anderson, Julie B.(eds.). Dictionary of Literary Biography: volume 226, American Hard-Boiled Crime Writers. Detroit [etc.] : The Gale Group, cop. 2000 ISBN: 0787631353

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