Making a killing: an interview with Elmore Leonard

Article Abstract:

Elmore Leonard is an outstanding writer of American crime fiction and has published over 29 novels. His pre-writing research is mainly about plot. The characters begin to take on life as they occupy a position in the plot. Leonard has had many influences such as Ernest Hemingway and Richard Bissell, but, though he follows Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett, he does not believe that they realistically portrayed either the activities or personal traits of private investigators. Leonard's work has not been successfully adapted to the screen since his characters do not produce pyrotechnics.

Analysis, Interview, Detective and mystery stories, Detective fiction, Mystery fiction, Leonard, Elmore, Crime and the press, Crime reporting (Journalism)

---

The coast is cleaner

Article Abstract:

Passage of the Beaches Environmental Awareness, Cleanup, and Health Act of 1999 (H.R. 999) by the U.S. House of Representatives on April 22, 1999, is discussed. Topics include problems addressed by the bill, beach closings, and swimming-related illnesses. The bill next goes to the Senate.

Environmental aspects, Political aspects, Beaches, Coastal zone management

---

Ursine urges and urban ungulates: Anchorage asserts its Alaskanness

Article Abstract:

The popular culture of Alaska is divided between Anchorage and the remainder of the sprawling state. The ways in which both city and country residents reacted to the news of five incidents of large animal attacks within the Anchorage city limits is analyzed.

Alaska, Travel industry, Popular culture, Animal attacks

Similar abstracts:

• Abstracts: Universal jurisdiction and universal human rights: a global progression. Report on human rights in Burma: background and current status
• Abstracts: Erotic storytelling: sexual experience and fantasy letters in 'Forum' magazine
• Abstracts: Francophone African literature and the hexagon: building bridges for the new millennium. Mallarme on the press and literature: 'Etalages,' 'Solitude,' and 'Le Livre instrument spirituel.'
• Abstracts: Rhymes and reasons in the Grimms': Kinder-und Hausmarchen. It took two moms to save one son
• Abstracts: The Temple of Confucius and pictorial biographies of the sage. Neuroscion -- a meeting of minds

This website is not affiliated with document authors or copyright owners. This page is provided for informational purposes only. Unintentional errors are possible.