Richard Powell

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Richard Powell was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Princeton University then worked at the Philadelphia Evening Public Ledger newspaper. After ten years, he joined the advertising agency N. W. Ayer & Son. He began to write fiction in the 1940s. His first novel, Don't Catch Me, was published in 1943. During World War II he served in the U.S. Army as Gen. MacArthur's news agent. After the war, he returned to N.W. Ayer, where he rose to vice president of information services in 1952. His novel The Philadelphian, published in 1957, was a huge success, spending more than six months on the bestseller list, and in 1958, he left advertising to write full-time. He wrote 18 novels in all over the course of his career.

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A Shot in the Dark
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The Philadelphian
Representative edition published 2006
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Florida: a picture tour
Representative edition published 1972
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Whom the Gods would destroy
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Tickets to the devil
Representative edition published 1968
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Tickets to the Devil
Representative edition published 1968
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Daily and Sunday
Representative edition published 1967
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Don Quixote U.S.A
Representative edition published 1966
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I take this land
Representative edition published 1965
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The Soldier
Representative edition published 1962
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The soldier
Representative edition published 1960
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Pioneer, go home!
Representative edition published 1959
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The Philadelphian
Representative edition published 1956
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Say it with Bullets
Representative edition published 1956
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False Colors
Representative edition published 1955
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A shot in the dark.
Representative edition published 1952
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The Build-Up Boys
Representative edition published 1952
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Pioneer, go home!
Representative edition published 2009
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The complete Arabella & Andy mysteries
Representative edition published 2008
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南太平洋的風雲
Representative edition published 1965
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Tseʻire ha-kerakh
Representative edition published 1964
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False colors
Representative edition published 1955
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Shell game
Representative edition published 1950
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Shark River
Representative edition published 1949
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