Scarecrow Press The Hard-Boiled Explicator: A Guide to the Study of Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler and Ross Macdonald

Product Description Now in Paper! Aimed at both the new student and the seasoned scholar, The Hard-Boiled Explicator offers brief essays on Hammett, Chandler, and Macdonald that highlight their major characteristics, relate them to each other, and show their impact on their public. Cloth edition published in 1985. About the Author Robert E. Skinner, a collector of early hard-boiled fiction and an accomplished historian, has published numerous articles on history and American detective fiction in professional periodicals and popular magazines.