SHAFT'S BIG SCORE.
by Tidyman, Ernest
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Near fine (light toning to the pages)
- Seller
-
Ione, California, United States
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About This Item
New York:: Bantam,, (1921). First edition -. Near fine (light toning to the pages). Paperback original - first printing. A novel which was the basis of the adventure film of the same name starring Richard Roundtree as "Shaft" and directed by Gordon Parks. Tidyman (who won both an Oscar and Edgar award for his script for 'The French Connection') commented that with Shaft, he wanted to create "a black hero who thinks of himself as a human being, but who uses his black rage as one of his resources, along with intelligence and courage."[Los Angeles Times, Jan 21, 1972]" Photograph from film on front cover, movie credits on page opposite title page. 170 pp.
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- Bookseller
- Bookfever.com, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 86122
- Title
- SHAFT'S BIG SCORE.
- Author
- Tidyman, Ernest
- Format/Binding
- First edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine (light toning to the pages)
- Publisher
- Bantam,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- (1921)
- Keywords
- movie tie-in
- Bookseller catalogs
- Adventure Novels;
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