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Gumshoe America: Hard-Boiled Crime Fiction and the Rise and Fall of New Deal Liberalism
by McCann, Sean
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with No dust jacket as issued
- ISBN 10
- 0822325802
- ISBN 13
- 9780822325802
- Seller
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Pueblo, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 2000. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0822325802 . A remainder mark to the bottom page edges. A bump to the top corner, and a few specks to the gray cloth, issued without a dust jacket. Presents crime fiction in relation to a changing literary marketplace and as an arena for conflicts about citizenship, class culture, and democracy during the New Deal. Bibliography, index.; Remainder; 370 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Bungalow Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22064
- Title
- Gumshoe America: Hard-Boiled Crime Fiction and the Rise and Fall of New Deal Liberalism
- Author
- McCann, Sean
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with No dust jacket as issued
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0822325802
- ISBN 13
- 9780822325802
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Place of Publication
- Durham, North Carolina
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- 0822325802, Detective and mystery stories, American; History and criticism.Hammett, , Dashiell,; 1894-1961; Criticism and interpretation.Chandler, William,; , 1888-1959; Criticism and interpretation.American fiction; 20th century; , History and criticism.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Hard-boiled And Noir;
Terms of Sale
Bungalow Books, ABAA
Any item may be returned in original condition for any reason within a reasonable period and payment will be refunded.
About the Seller
Bungalow Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2009
Pueblo, Colorado
About Bungalow Books, ABAA
We are a family owned bookstore, with an emphasis on crime fiction, and signed books. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of American (ABAA), and the Rocky Mountain Antiquarian Booksellers Association (RMABA), and we exhibit regularly at book fairs.
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