Title: The Defective Detective in the Pulps
Description: The world of the defective detective was a strange one. Continuing the motif of the mythological hero, this unique detective type emerged in the 1930s in a very imperfect and threatened society. The stories reprinted in this volume reveal just how widely the genre ranged during the Depression.
Subjects: Great Depression, American Detective and mystery stories, Detective and mystery stories, history and criticism
Time periods: Great Depression, 1930s, 1930-1950