The Rocky Mountain Moving Picture Association - Softcover

Estleman, Loren D.

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9780812541540: The Rocky Mountain Moving Picture Association

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0812541545 ISBN 13: 9780812541540

Publisher: St Martin's Press, 2000

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In 1913, young Dmitri Pulski works for his father's ice cream company in the Sierra Nevadas when he journeys south to investigate an order for ten tons of ice by something called the Rocky Mountain Moving Picture Association. Almost immediately, Dmitri, an aspiring writer finds himself writing movie scenarios. But things get skewed when The Rocky is threatened with foreclosure-they're grinding out their movies just outside of each of the monopolistic Eastern Trust, which claims exclusive right to make moving pictures under Thomas Edison's patent.

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"Estleman's charming take on Hollywood history, balancing its glitzy and tawdry details, tells a satisfying story."--"Publishers Weekly""" "Masterful description floats through a story that's held together by sheer charm."--"Kirkus Reviews"

About the Author:

Loren D. Estleman was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and graduated from Eastern Michigan University with a BA degree in English Literature and Journalism in 1974. In 2002, the university awarded him an honorary doctorate in Humane Letters for his contribution to American literature. He is the author of more than fifty novels in the categories of mystery, historical western, and mainstream, and has received four Western Writers of American Golden Spur Awards, three Western Heritage Awards, and three Shamus Awards. He has been nominated for the Edgar Allan Poe Award, Britain's Silver Dagger, the National Book Award, and the Pulitzer Prize. In 2003, the mammoth "Encyclopedia of Detective Fiction" named him the most critically acclaimed writer of U.S. detective

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