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Pulp writer :

(Number (ISBN

0803206674

(Number (ISBN

0803206895

(Number (ISBN

661082374X

(Number (ISBN

9780803206670

(Number (ISBN

9780803206892

(Number (ISBN

9786610823741

Erroneous ISBN

0803259840

Erroneous ISBN

1280823747

Erroneous ISBN

9780803259843

Erroneous ISBN

9781280823749

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b740653

Title Proper

Pulp writer :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

twenty years in the American Grub Street /

First Statement of Responsibility

Paul S. Powers ; edited and with biographical essays by Laurie Powers.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Lincoln :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

University of Nebraska Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2007.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (274 pages) :

Other Physical Details

illustrations

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-267) and index.

Text of Note

List of illustrations -- Note on the text -- Discovering Pulp Writer -- Pulp Writer: Twenty Years in the American Grub Street -- 1: I'd write a mile -- 2: King of the photoplay; and I write a joke -- 3: Art for the artless -- 4: For whom the bellboy toils -- 5: Darl and heart -- 6: Ad astra per aspera, add aspirin -- 7: Novel, and what didn't come of it -- 8: General Grant slept here -- 9: Enter Mr Oliphant -- 10: Tricks of the trade -- 11: Tumbleweed in Arizona -- 12: Pilgrim in Santa Fe -- 13: Pulp writer's problems -- Life after the pulps -- Afterword -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

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Text of Note

From the Publisher: He wrote under at least eight pseudonyms, published hundreds of short stories and novellas in pulp magazines, and lived a life at times as outrageous as his fiction. Pulp Writer tells of Paul S. Powers's travels from serious literary ambitions to the pages of Wild West Weekly, of his seeking his fortune (or material, at any rate) in the ghost towns and mining camps of Colorado, and of his life in Arizona and California as he reaped the rewards of his wildly successful Wild West Weekly characters such as Sonny Tabor and Kid Wolf. Extending from the Great Depression to the golden age of the pulps, Powers's career, chronicled here in often laugh-out-loud style, is an American success story of true grit and commercial savvy and of a larger-than-life character with questionable but endlessly entertaining Western lore to spare. In the process, he provides a valuable and rarely-chronicled look at the business of writing and publishing pulp fiction during its golden years. Powers's granddaughter Laurie never knew her grandfather and lost touch with his side of the family. In her biographical essays, she finds her lost family and discovers the Pulp Writer manuscript. Her essays also provide a valuable historical context for pulp publications such as Wild West Weekly and their importance during the Great Depression.

Text of Note

Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.

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JSTOR

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22573/ctt1dj7ppk

Title

Pulp writer.

International Standard Book Number

0803259840

Powers, Paul S., (Paul Sylvester),1905-1971.

Powers, Paul S., (Paul Sylvester),1905-1971.

Powers, Paul S., (Paul Sylvester),1905-1971.

Authors, American-- 20th century, Biography.

Pulp literature-- Authorship.

Western stories-- Authorship.

Authors, American.

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY-- General.

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY-- Literary.

LITERARY CRITICISM-- American-- General.

Western stories-- Authorship.

BIO-- 007000

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CVL

LIT-- 004020

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Book number

Powers, Paul S., (Paul Sylvester),1905-1971.

Powers, Laurie,1957-

Date of Transaction

20201204013617.0

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