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John Dann MacDonald (July 24, 1916 – December 28, 1986) was an American writer of novels and short stories. He is known for his thrillers. MacDonald was a prolific author of crime and suspense novels, many set in his adopted home of Florida.
6 de may. de 2022 · Peter Swanson revisits an iconic crime fiction series, in its entirety. May 6, 2022 By Peter Swanson. Back when I was a thirteen-year-old regular at my local used bookstore I discovered the novels of John D. MacDonald, those beat-up little paperbacks with lurid covers and great titles.
19 de abr. de 2024 · John D. MacDonald (born July 24, 1916, Sharon, Pa., U.S.—died Dec. 28, 1986, Milwaukee, Wis.) was an American fiction writer whose mystery and science-fiction works were published in more than 70 books. He is best remembered for his series of 21 crime novels featuring private investigator Travis McGee.
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1. DEAD LOW TIDE. Here were see how JDM differed from most paperback hardboiled writers by taking the crime into the middle class. The falsely accused protagonist is a construction estimator—though he’s had a tough military background—trying to work his way up in his calling.
Escritor americano, John D. MacDonald escribió casi ochenta novelas policiacas, muchas de las cuales ambientó en Florida, protagonizadas por su personaje preferido, Travis McGee. Varias de sus novelas fueron llevadas al cine, destacando la película El cabo del miedo ( 1962 ).
11 de ago. de 2018 · The May 1950 issue of Detective Tales, for example, contained three stories by MacDonald,including two under the house names Scott O’Hara and John Lane. He continued to pump them out until, as he put it, “the last of them were shot out from under me.”
24 de jul. de 2018 · On Life, Death, Literature, Seedy Men, and the Meaning of it All. July 24, 2018 By CrimeReads. John D. MacDonald—born on July 24th, 1916—saw some things in his time. By the age of thirty, MacDonald had attended college, worked in New York City, earned an MBA from Harvard, seen action in the China Burma India Theater during WWII ...
