At least two notable authors here.
First Dashiell Hammett.
only one paragraph, not a little obscure.
Maybe made more sense to a contemporary audience.
Also Charles L Finger,
'In 1925, his book Tales from Silver Lands won the Newbery Prize. In 1929, Courageous Companions won the Longmans Juvenile Fiction Award of $2,000. Much of what he wrote reflected his own exploits in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia as well as in the American Southwest. '
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