The Origins of the American Detective Story
LeRoy Lad Panek
McFarland & Co Inc, 2006
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Covers the formative years of American detective fiction, and the societal forces which changed the sensation-laden detective narrative of the mid-19th century to the modern detective story in the years after World War I. This book examines elements which influenced the writers, and also looks at the beginnings of forensic science and criminology.
- ISBN-13
- 9780786427765
- ISBN-10
- 0786427760
- Publisher
- McFarland & Co Inc
- Year
- 2006
- Publication date
- 2006-09-22
- Pages
- 235
- Dimensions
- 229x152x12
- Weight
- 322