Grant, Maxwell, 1897-1985
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Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.)
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found: Ho katatonikos, 1957:t.p. (Maxwell Grant [in rom.])
found: Man of magic and mystery, 1988:t.p. (Walter B. Gibson) p. 1, etc. (Walter Brown Gibson; b. Sept. 12, 1897 in Germantown, Pa., d. Dec. 6, 1985; lists 79 pseudonyms, incl. Maxwell Grant)
found: La destruccion del reino de los gansters, 1982:title page (by Maxwell Grant) title page verso (translated [into Spanish] by ConcesiĆ³n Molino)
found: Internet speculative fiction database, 16 May 2016(Gangdom's doom by Maxwell Grant; pseudonym of Walter B. Gibson, 12 September 1897- 6 December 1985)
found: Wikipedia 16 May 2016(Walter B. Gibson; Walter Brown Gibson; born September 12, 1897 in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was an American author and professional magician, best known for his work on the pulp fiction character The Shadow; Gibson, under the pen-name Maxwell Grant, wrote "more than 300 novel-length" Shadow stories, writing up to "10,000 words a day" to satisfy public demand during the character's golden age in the 1930s and 1940s; he authored several novels in the Biff Brewster juvenile series of the 1960s; he was married to Litzka R. Gibson, also a writer; he died December 6, 1985 in Kingston, New York))
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1999-04-27: new
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