CAIN JAMES M.: (1892-1977) American author of hardboiled crime fiction whose works included The Postman Always ...

CAIN JAMES M.: (1892-1977) American author of hardboiled crime fiction whose works included The Postman Always Rings Twice (1934), Mildred Pierce (1941) and Double Indemnity (1944), all of which were made into movies. T.L.S., James M Cain, one page, 4to, Hyatsville, Maryland, 10th February 1963, to Mrs. E. J. Connor of Who's Who in America. Cain writes, in part, 'Reading the monumental life of Jefferson by Nathan Schachner I opened Who's Who in America to see who he was, and didn't find him. This is just a note to suggest his inclusion, as it is a profoundly scholarly work, by itself a qualification, I would think, whether he's done anything else or not…..With my latest corrected proofs I sent two other suggestions on, Paul Hume of the Washington Post & Times Herald, their music critic, and Lois Long, the New Yorker's fashion writer……whether the note reached your desk I don't know. Hence this brief recap. Getting one more half line of your father's agate type was the hardest chore of my life, and now that he's gone, doesn't get any easier. But I never fail to think of him when I fill out one of your forms. The two editions since his passing have been up to standard, to my eye, particularly the last, which is better proof-read than the other…..The selections are really encyclopedic, and do you enormous credit'. Accompanied by the original envelope. Some very light, extremely minor creasing, VG