Category N (Adventure and western fiction)
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N01 |
Hugh Matheson, The Balance of Fear. London: Gibbs & Phillips, 1961. Pp. 128-135 |
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2,000 words |
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N02 |
Juliet Armstrong, Tropic Wind. London: Mills and Boon Ltd., 1961. Pp. 130-135 |
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Used by permission of Mills and Boon Ltd. |
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Note |
Foreigner English in dialogue |
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2,019 words |
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N03 |
Charles Ballew (i.e. Charles Horace Snow), The Gold of Poverty Flat, London: Wright & Brown Ltd., 1961 |
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Corr |
41 extended [entended] |
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Sic |
56 had seemed to have [syntax] |
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Note |
Foreigner English in dialogue |
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2,007 words |
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N04 |
Gilbert Hackforth-Jones, Crack of Doom. London: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., 1961. Pp. 20-26 |
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Used by permission of G. Hackforth-Jones |
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Corr |
166 fractured" [fractured'] |
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2,017 words |
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N05 |
Berkeley Gray (i.e. Edwy S. Brooks), Get Ready to Die. London: William Collins, Sons and Co. Ltd., 1961. Pp. 72-79 |
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Used by permission of William Collins, Sons and Co. Ltd. |
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2,006 words |
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N06 |
Dave Waldo, Beat the Drum Slowly. London: Ward Lock Ltd., 1961. Pp. 88-95 |
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Used by permission of Dave Waldo |
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Note |
Non-standard English in dialogue |
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2,007 words |
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N07 |
Bert Cloos, Drury. London: Ward Lock Ltd., 1961. Pp. 49-56 |
2-218 |
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Used by permission of Curtis Brown Ltd. |
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Corr |
100 guided [quided] |
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2,002 words |
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N08 |
George Young, Code-Name Caruso. London: Hutchinson Publishing Group, 1961. Pp. 82-88 |
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2,038 words |
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N09 |
Marguerite Clare (i.e. Mary Heppell), The Wild Secret. London: Wright & Brown Ltd., 1961. Pp. 18-24 |
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Used by permission of A. Brown |
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2,016 words |
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N10 |
Oswell Blakeston, The Night's Moves. London: Gaberbocchus Press Ltd., 1961. Pp. 14-21 |
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Used by permission of Oswell Blakeston |
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2,008 words |
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N11 |
Brian Cooper, A Touch of Thunder. London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1961. Pp. 113-120 |
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2,006 words |
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N12 |
Vian C. Smith, Press Gang. London: Peter Davies Ltd., 1961. Pp. 190-197 |
2-192 |
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Corr |
2 Sam [Same] |
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2,006 words |
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N13 |
Terence Newman, Along for the Ride. London: Cassell and Co. Ltd., 1961. Pp. 124-130 |
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2,007 words |
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N14 |
John Kilgore, Return of the Fast Gun. London: Robert Hale and Company, 1961. Pp. 24-31 |
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2,000 words |
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N15 |
Donald Hamilton, The Wrecking Crew. London: Frederick Muller Ltd., 1961. Pp. 63-67 |
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Used by permission of Donald Hamilton |
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Sic |
41 a edge [missing portion] |
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Note |
American-style English (first-person narrator is an American) |
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2,015 words |
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N16 |
Tit-Bits |
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A. Trevor Allen, "Voices in the Dark" (September 16, 1961), 31 |
2-122 |
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B. Sheila Burns (i.e. Ursula Bloom), "Diamonds Are Hard to Get" (September 23, 1961), 19 |
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B. Used by permission of Ursula Bloom |
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2,011 words |
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N17 |
[ANON.], "It Happened on the 6.15", Red Star Weekly (April 1, 1961), 19-21 |
2-212 |
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Used by permission of D. C. Thomson and Co. Ltd. |
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2,000 words |
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N18 |
[ANON.], "The Night She Caught the Last Train Home", Red Letter (November 4, 1961), 11-13 |
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Used by permission of D. C. Thomson and Co. Ltd. |
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Note |
Sub-standard English in dialogue |
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2,001 words |
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N19 |
Men Only 76:301 (1961) |
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A. James Campbell, "A Present for General Calinga", 64-67 |
2-153 |
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B. James Campbell, "The Friend", 37-39 |
154-219 |
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Used by permission of Paul Raymond Publications Ltd. |
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Corr |
64 did. [did] |
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2,014 words |
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N20 |
Ernest Haycox, "Destination Danger", Weekend 2931 (April 26-30, 1961), 6-7 |
2-218 |
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Note |
Variant spellings: leaped, leapt |
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2,006 words |
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N21 |
[ANON.], "At that Man's Mercy", Family Star (January 7, 1961), 3-4 |
2-211 |
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Used by permission of D. C. Thomson and Co. Ltd. |
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Note |
Foreigner English in dialogue Variant spellings: drugstore, drug-store |
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2,005 words |
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N22 |
Douglas Enefer, "Vice King's Sweetheart", Reveille (February 16, 1961), 15, 18 |
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Used by permission of Reveille Newspapers Ltd. |
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2,004 words |
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N23 |
Francis Fytton, "The Paras", London Magazine (August, 1961), 17-23 |
2-206 |
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2,028 words |
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N24 |
John MacGillivray, "A Night in the Firth", Scots Magazine (March, 1961), 484-488 |
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Used by permission of D. C. Thomson and Co. Ltd. |
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Corr |
110 o' the light ['o the light] |
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Note |
Non-standard English in dialogue. Variant spellings: ay, aye. Regular use of the spelling propellor. |
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2,002 words |
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N25 |
Brian Cleeve, "Vendetta", Suspense (March, 1961), 117-122 |
2-189 |
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2,017 words |
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N26 |
Nigel Morland, "He Got What She Wanted", Creasey Mystery Magazine (January, 1961), 102-108 |
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Corr |
93 always [alway] |
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Sic |
35 think on [function word] |
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2,012 words |
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N27 |
George Goldsmith Carter, "Larsen's Last Haul", Courier 37:6 (December, 1961), 54-57 |
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Used by permission of Norman Kark |
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Sic |
96 these water [concord] |
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2,013 words |
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N28 |
Olga Stringfellow, "A Gift from the Sultan", Woman's Mirror (April 8, 1961), 32-35 |
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2,000 words |
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N29 |
She |
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A. Harry Richman, "The Gun" (February, 1961), 34-35 |
2- 98 |
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B. A. E. Treppass, "Communication" (March, 1961), 38-40 |
99-209 |
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Sic |
162 someday [spelling] |
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Note |
Foreigner English in dialogue |
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2,006 words |