Best Little Ironies, Oddities & Mysteries of the Civil War First Day of School the first Mike Hammer novel--begun

the first Mike Hammer novel--begun by Mickey Spillane in the mid-forties and completed seventy years later by Max Allan Collins--is a gift to mystery fans on the occasion of the noir master's 100th birthday

the author shares a gripping first-person narrative of his transformation from a Jewish eleven-year-old boy living happily in Tyczyn

his struggle to stay clean

unpacking the worldview issues inherent to each and pointing out essential strengths and weaknesses

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Best Little Ironies, Oddities & Mysteries of the Civil War First Day of School the first Mike Hammer novel--begunBest Little Ironies, Oddities, and Mysteries of the Civil War is a collection of more than 100 stories of unusual and frequently surprising events that took place in connection with the Civil War. Organized by topics into seven sections, the stories include ironies that grew out of incidents that took place prior to the war, the unexpected consequences of events and the early days of the conflict, twists and turns of fate among soldiers, civilians and