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19 de abr. de 2024 · John D. MacDonald (born July 24, 1916, Sharon, Pa., U.S.—died Dec. 28, 1986, Milwaukee, Wis.) was an American fiction writer whose mystery and science-fiction works were published in more than 70 books. He is best remembered for his series of 21 crime novels featuring private investigator Travis McGee.
MacDonald, John D. 978-84-16213-50-4. Travis McGee vive en el Busted Flush, un yate que ganó en una partida de póker y que tiene amarrado en Fort Lauderdale, Florida. No quiere ni oír hablar de tarjetas de crédito, planes de jubilación, partidos políticos, hipotecas ni televisión. Solo trabaja cuando no tiene dinero y lo que pide es sen...
John D MacDonald was born in Sharon, Pa, and educated at the Universities of Pennsylvania, Syracuse and Harvard, where he took an MBA in 1939. After war service in the Far East he wrote hundreds of stories for the pulps and over seventy novels, including the 21 in the Travis McGee sequence. Genres: Mystery, General Fiction, Science Fiction.
In 1945, his sixth year in the Army, John D. MacDonald sent a short story home to his wife. She typed it up and submitted it to Story magazine, which bought it for $25. "1 thought that was pretty damned good," MacDonald recalls. "I figured, hell, if I could sell about four stories a week, I could live pretty well."
20 de dic. de 2023 · View on Amazon. John D. MacDonald has written many short stories in his lifetime and has collected and compiled them in books. The Good Old Stuff is one such short storybook written by the author. There are a total of 13 stories in the book. Most of these individual stories were published during the 40s and 50s.
The customary targets are greedhead developers, crooked politicians, chamber-of-commerce flacks, and the cold-hearted scammers who flock like buzzards to the Sunshine State. For John D. MacDonald, these were not just useful fictional villains; they were villains of real life. When he passed away unexpectedly in 1986, millions of fans worldwide ...
John D MacDonald’s writing career started with the first publication that was submitted by his wife to the Esquire while he still was serving in the military. From writing short stories, John has managed to come up with several other novels and is accredited for his series Travis McGee.
