Yesterday's Faces, Volume 3

Yesterday's Faces, Volume 3
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Publisher : Popular Press
Total Pages : 284
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ISBN-10 : 0879723637
ISBN-13 : 9780879723637
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Book Synopsis Yesterday's Faces, Volume 3 by : Robert Sampson

Download or read book Yesterday's Faces, Volume 3 written by Robert Sampson and published by Popular Press. This book was released on 1987-12 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than forty criminal heroes are examined in this volume. They include evil characters such as Dr. Fu Manchu, Li Shoon, Black Star, the Spider, Rafferty, Mr. Clackworthy, Elegant Edward, Big-nose Charlie, Thubway Tham, the Thunderbolt, the Man in Purple, and the Crimson Clown, plus many, many more! The development of these characters is traced across more than two decades of crime fiction published in Detective Story Magazine, Flynn's, Black Mask, and other magazines. The conventions that made these stories a special part of popular fiction are examined in detail.


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