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Bibliography

*''The Bloody Spur'', Dell First Edition #5, pbo, 1953. reprinted as ''While the City Sleeps'' (Dell D86, 1956). *''Wiretap!'', Dell First Edition #76, pbo, 1955. *''The Only Game In Town'', Dell First Edition 47, pbo, 1955 *''The Last Laugh'', Dell First Edition A121, pbo, 1956. *''No Time at All'', Simon & Schuster, hc, 1957. Dell, pb, 1958. *''The Naked City'', Stories based on TV scripts by

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. Dell First Edition A180, pbo, 1959. ''A Flag for San Francisco'', Simon and Schuster, Inc, 1962, J. Lowell Pratt and Company, pb, 1963 ** “And a Merry Christmas to the Force on Patrol” ** “Lady Bug, Lady Bug…” ** Line of Duty ** Meridian ** Nickel Ride ** The Other Face of Goodness ** Susquehanna 7-8367 ** The Violent Circle *''The Day New York Went Dry'', Fawcett Gold Medal, 1967. *''The Blackjack Hijack'', Random House, 1976. Fawcett Crest, pb, 1976. *''Willie's Time'', Southern Illinois University Press, 1979. Einstein was also the editor of a series of compilations of baseball writings, titled ''The Fireside Book of Baseball''.

References

External links

* Blog post. * Interview with Einstein on the occasion of the republication of his 1979 biography of

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