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Lot 838

COLLINS, Max Allan. Group of Noir Manuscripts related to Na...

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COLLINS, Max Allan. Group of Noir Manuscripts related to Nathan Heller. Typescripts include: True Crime (1984) 12 pp. proposal (the second Nate Heller novel); Kaddish for the Kid (1998) 37 pp. Depression era short story set in Chicago signed by Collins; Unreasonable Doubt (2001) 33 pp. short story; Shoot?Out on Sunset (2001) 43 pp. short story about Mickey Cohen in Los Angles signed by Collins; House Call (1986) 26 pp. short story about Chicago?s Peacock Murder case signed; Marbled Mildred (1992) 46 pp. short story on another famous 1930?s Chicago murder signed by Collins; Shell Shock (1986) 19 pp. proposal which became the award winning Nate Heller novel Million Dollar Wound; Dying in the Post?War World (1991) 8 pp. proposal for the short novel plus 116 pp. script signed by Collins. Dying in the Post War World deals with the famous ?Stop Me Before I Kill More? murders in Chicago that led to the conviction of Bill Heirens. Provenance: George Hagenauer?s research copies.