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FINAL Final

Since my group focused on Sara Paretsky’s Indemnity Only, we had difficulty finding a lot of information and responses from the time period given as it was most recent, even with Peter’s help. I did, however, learn a little more … Continue reading Continue reading

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Final that I swore I thought I hit publish last night on

The Glass Key Wikipedia Research             I began doing my research for this article where probably everyone else did as well: a Google search. I had done this many times before so I thought that maybe if I sat and sifted through the usual crap the internet had to offer that I could find something useful. I was tasked with finding the critical receptions of The Glass Key and so I casually searched “glass key critical receptions” thinking that it would find me many useful links. At first I thought I had hit a gold mine, considering every link was to a different review or opinion on Dashiell Hammett’s novel. After taking down … Continue reading Continue reading

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Wikipedia Reflection Final Draft

Since my group focused on Sara Paretsky’s Indemnity Only, we had difficulty finding a lot of information and responses from the time period given as it was most recent, even with Peter’s help. I did, however, learn a little more … Continue reading Continue reading

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Devil in a Blue Dress:The Doodle Version

  Herrrrre we go again. This lovely little doodle here came from something Jim Groom mentioned in class; something along the lines of “the world of Easy Rawlins that we are viewing”. I really like this idea in general when … Continue reading Continue reading

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Final Paper

FSEM paper
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Edited Double Indemnity

Double Indemnity Double Indemnity, by James M. Cain, is a story about murder, love, and money. It was published in 1943 as a short story in the book, Three of a Kind. Because of its popularity, in 1944 Billy Wilder … Continue reading Continue reading

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Final

The process of writing and editing a Wikipedia article is not as easy as it looks. At first, I admit, I assumed that this project would be simple; I was certainly and strongly proved wrong. Writing a Wikipedia article, or … Continue reading Continue reading

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The Big Blow

Technically, George Pelecanos’ novel The Big Blowdown isn’t categorized as noir or hardboiled; it is known to the world simply as a “crime novel.” However, I think this book contains bits and pieces of almost every hard boiled novel we … Continue reading Continue reading

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Wiki Project Reflection

For a class project, we were split up into groups to create a Wikipedia article. Each group was then assigned a book to read either, The Glass Key by Dashiell Hammett, Indemnity Only by Sarah Paretsky, Cotton Comes to Harlem … Continue reading Continue reading

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The Big Blow

To be honest, I really wish we had had time to read The Big Blowdown! Maybe it was just me, but I kept noticing little things that seemed to reference other novels that we had read this semester, even if … Continue reading Continue reading

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