James M. Cain and the American Authors' Authority (American Studies Series)

By Richard Fine

Book Overview

In 1946 novelist and screenwriter Cain proposed that all professional writers should organize into a single cartel that would secure a fairer return on their work from publishers and producers. Though the AAA movement collapsed by the end of the year, Fine's rich history of its failure reveals much

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292740247
• ISBN13: 9780292740242
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.0" x 6.5"