Danger Is My Business: An Illustrated History of the Fabulous Pulp Magazines/1896-1953

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Summary: Great! Traces origins of American popular fiction.
Review: Meticulously researched and stylishly written. If you have any interest in the origins of science fiction, westerns, horror, terror, adventure stories or romance you should read this book. H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tennessee Williams, L. Ron Hubbard, Dashiell Hammet, and countless others got their start in the pulps. The pulps also spawned such famous characters as the Shadow, Conan, Buck Rogers, Tarzan, Doc Savage and many more. Incredible illustrations and flowing prose. A gem.