The Oxford book of American detective stories
By: edited by Tony Hillerman, Rosemary Herbert.
Contributors: Hillerman, Tony.; Herbert, Rosemary.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 686
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories, American
Other titles: American detective stories
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Containing 34 stories, this anthology explores the historical development of American detective fiction over a span of 150 years - from Edgar Allan Poe in the 1840s to Marcia Muller in the 1990s. The selections represent variety in chronological period, narrative voice, geography, and milieu; title: Description: 	686 p. ; 23 cm.; title: Contents: 	Murders in the Rue Morgue / Edgar Allan Poe --; title: Stolen cigar case / Bret Harte --; title: Problem of cell 13 / Jacques Futrelle --; title: Doomdorf mystery / Melville Davisson Post --; title: Missing: page thirteen / Anna Katharine Green --; title: Beauty mask / Arthur B. Reeve --; title: A jury of her peers / Susan Glaspell --; title: False Burton Combs / Carroll John Daly --; title: Keyboard of silence / Clinton H. Stagg --; title: A nose for news / Richard Sale --; title: Spider / Mignon G. Eberhart --; title: Leg man / Erle Stanley Gardner --; title: I'll be waiting / Raymond Chandler --; title: Footprint in the sky / John Dickson Carr --; title: Rear window / Cornell Woolrich --; title: Lipstick / Mary Roberts Rinehart --; title: Homicide highball / Robert Leslie Bellem --; title: An error in chemistry / William Faulkner --; title: From another world / Clayton Rawson --; title: A daylight adventure / T. S. Stribling --; title: See no evil / William Campbell Gault --; title: Crime must have a stop / Anthony Boucher --; title: Small homicide / Ed McBain --; title: Guilt-edged blonde / Ross Macdonald --; title: Christmas party / Rex Stout --; title: A matter of public notice / Dorothy Salisbury Davis --; title: Adventure of Abraham Lincoln's clue / Ellery Queen --; title: Words do not a book make / Bill Pronzini --; title: Christmas is for cops / Edward D. Hoch --; title: Lucky penny / Linda Barnes --; title: Parker shotgun / Sue Grafton --; title: Chee's witch / Tony Hillerman --; title: Benny's space / Marcia Muller.; title: Other Titles: 	American detective stories; title: Responsibility: 	edited by Tony Hillerman, Rosemary Herbert.