John d macdonald book covers

We acquired this book mainly because of the art, but also to see if the weird generalizations about various types of people we complained about in macdonald s travis mcgee novels was the character or the author. Macdonald, launched his writing career with a stroke of good luck. John d macdonald was an american author of science fiction, fantasy, mystery and thriller books best known for his travis mcgee series. Order of travis mcgee books travis mcgee is a creation of prolific american novelist john d.

Many of the original book covers showed the sandyhaired, strongjawed mcgee inset next to the larger image of a. There are additional pages of items of interest to fans. He attended the wharton school of the university of pennsylvania but dropped out to move to new york city, where he took menial to support himself. Macdonald 19161986 was an american author who was best known for crime and suspense novels, including the popular travis mcgee novels. Ninth house by leigh bardugo ninth house is one of the best fantasy novels i ve read in years. John d macdonald covers a comprehensive database of john d. Macdonald was born in sharon, pa, and educated at the universities of pennsylvania, syracuse and harvard, where he took an mba in 1939. Macdonald books there are several pages wherein book covers and short descriptions are presented about the travis mcgee series and the nonmcgee novels of. Travis mcgee is a fictional character, created by american mystery writer john d. Macdonald books there are several pages wherein book covers and short descriptions are presented about the travis mcgee series and the nonmcgee novels of the 50s and 60s.

Text is legible but may be soiled and have binding defects. Macdonald travis mcgee series travis mcgee, complete 21 volume set on. Test your knowledge on this literature quiz to see how you do and compare your score to others. To create a comprehensive collection of john d macdonald bookcovers in one place for the use of collectors, readers, or compulsive completists you know who you are. Sience fiction, robert mcginnis, pulp fiction book, pulp art, magazine covers, thriller, rock and roll, my books, mystery. Macdonalds books were being marketed as pulp fiction. This book has been transferred to between the covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Mcgee is not a cop or a private investigator, but rather a professional salvage consultant who finds other peoples property when he runs low on spare cash. The novel is set in a comfortable backwater marina beginning to be targeted by urban developers.

All right, it was number 18 in the series, but being the callow youth at the time im still callow but no longer youthful i remember it had a great cover, showing a man in monk robes, with an uzi submachine gun slung over his shoulder. His most eagerly collected books are the books in the travis mcgee series each of which had a color in the title, which generally appeared first as paperbacks, then usually in hardcover in the uk, and finally as american hardcovers. He is best remembered for his travis mcgee series but wrote numerous books of crime, passion and psychological insight. By the time of his passing, he had written nearly 100 books and short story collections. Macdonald travis mcgee series travis mcgee, complete 21 volume set paperback 1964 3. Macdonald, including the deep blue goodbye, and nightmare in pink. He was decades ahead of his time in warning of our destruction of the environment. John d macdonald, first edition abebooks passion for books. Buy the damned by john d macdonald online at alibris. Rather than simply padding the original work, macdonald rewrote it and it became his first published novel the art for the cover shown above was painted by barye phillips. And thats exactly what he does for twothirds of the book. Macdonalds popular travis mcgee seriesall with colors in. Macdonald 1916 1986 was a prolific american writer of crime and suspense novels as well as short stories, many of them set in his adopted home of florida. Heavy wear to covers and pages contain marginal notes, underlining, and or highlighting.

In 1980 he won the american book award for his hard cover mystery the green ripper. In 1962 macdonald was named a grand master of the mystery writers of america. Get cozy and expand your home library with a large online selection of books at. Macdonald covers, the mission statement of which is. It was dorothy who was responsible for the publication of his first work, when she submitted a short story that he had sent home while on military service. John d macdonald wrote hundreds of short stories, so many that even he himself was not sure of the exact count. Literature quiz john d macdonald paperback covers random literature or book quiz. Note that the following novels include book covers that are filed separately in the. His bestknown works include the popular and critically acclaimed travis mcgee seri. Book binding tight, pages clean, cover worn and bumped. Pages contain marginal notes, underlining, and or highlighting.

Most of these have been from macdonalds oft heralded travis mcgee series. Some of them were collected in the anthologies seven, end of the tiger and other stories, the good old stuff, more good old stuff, and other times, other worlds. He was born in sharon, pennsylvania but later moved out to europe on his quest for adventure and photography. Macdonald recent years have seen the rerelease of a vast number of novels by the great and currently underappreciated john d. During ww2, he rose to the rank of colonel, and while serving in the army and in the far east, sent a. The corners and edges of the cover are slightly worn and faded. During the next forty years, mcdonald wrote hundreds more.

Macdonald was born in pennsylvania and married dorothy prentiss in 1937, graduating from syracuse university the following year and receiving an mba from harvard in 1939. The marina provides the usual neighborhood of beloved and good friends, tolerated neighbors, working girls, charter fishermen, newcomers, characters, hangerson and visitors passing through. This book is brilliant, funny, raw and utterly magnificent. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. During ww2, he rose to the rank of colonel, and while serving in the army and in the far east, sent a short story to his wife for sale, successfully.

Can you name the john d macdonald book titles from the paperback cover. John dann macdonald july 24, 1916 december 28, 1986 was an american writer of novels and short stories, known for his thrillers macdonald was a prolific author of crime and suspense novels, many of them set in his adopted home of florida. Cover and pages show wear from consistent use, but the book remains in good condition and works perfectly. Macdonald travis mcgee series travis mcgee, complete. Macdonald collection was donated to the university of florida. A comprehensive database of john d macdonald book covers.

Macdonald travis mcgee series travis mcgee, complete 21 volume set. Assortment of john d macdonald covers pulp international. Macdonald and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The interior text pages reflect light age tanning and are complete. The lurid cover with a dissolute woman, combined with a wanton description of the main character, hints at a lustfully rendered tale of infidelity. We can live with that, though, and probably didnt notice it as much when the books were being published every 1218 months, lo so many years ago. Macdonald is very highly regarded by his fellow authors, including dean koontz and stephen king. Good books, my books, bedtime reading, pulp fiction book, vintage book covers, thriller books, book signing, classic books, paperback books the travis mcgee. See more ideas about pulp fiction book, pulp fiction, paperback book covers. Please note that in addition to a bibliography of john d. Macdonald was the archetypal paperback writer, and many of his books appear only in that form. Although the novel is supposedly a disaster story of a hurricane striking a condominium, to me that is just an excuse for john d macdonald to do what he does best. For nine years the travis mcgee books featured top quality cover art.

Macdonald book i read was one in the travis mcgee series, the green ripper. I usually prefer to display paperback covers in order of publication, but these fawcett paperbacks mostly dont include the years of publication, only the year the book was. There are additional pages ofhopefullyitems of interest to fans. Travis mcgee in a purple place for dying by john d. His wife submitted to a magazine one of his short stories, and the magazine published it. Please let me know of any additions or corrections. Mcgee is neither a police officer nor a private investigator. One of the most successful american novelists of his time, macdonald sold an estimated 70 million books in his career. His works include the travis mcgee series and the novel the executioners, which was adapted into the film cape fear. In this collection i want to display all his titles and the different editions of each. Macdonald was an american novelist and shortstory writer. The complete series list for a travis mcgee novel john d. This present book while complete, the covers show wear. Macdonald s career as a novelist begun in 1950 with the brass cupcake in 1950.