| LC control no. | no2018175537 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Scott, Shell (Fictitious character) |
| Variant(s) | Scott, Sheldon (Fictitious character) |
| See also | Prather, Richard S. |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles (Calif.) |
| Field of activity | Criminal investigation |
| Profession or occupation | Private investigators |
| Found in | Prather, Richard S. Way of a wanton, 1956: cover(Shell Scott) page 6 (Sheldon Scott; private investigator) Wikipedia, search Dec. 20, 2018 (Shell Scott was the best-known creation of fiction writer Richard S. Prather. A Southern California private eye, 6-foot-2 ex-marine, he was featured in three dozen novels published over a span of nearly 40 years. The character remained 30 years old throughout.) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_Scott> Thrilling Detective website, search Dec. 20, 2018 (Shell Scott; created by Richard S. Prather; Hollywood private investigator; the second most commercially successful private eye of the fifties (over forty million books sold); he appeared in over three dozen Fawcett/Gold Medal PBOs, collections and countless short stories, and even lent his name to the short-lived Shell Scott Mystery Magazine) <https://thrillingdetective.com/2019/03/07/shell-scott/> |
| Associated language | eng |
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