Dashiell Hammett Short Story Holiday The New Pearsons Magazine July 1923 v49 #7

Dashiell Hammett Short story Holiday in The New Pearsons Magazine July, 1923 v49 #7 Holiday, a 3-page short story, is one of Hammett s earliest works of fiction. It is not a crime story, but a sensitive vignette, possibly autobiographical. War veteran Paul Hetherwick is a patient at Public Service Health Hospital in San Diego. With economical, prose Hammett lets us know that in addition to his lung disease, Paul is suffering from a bad case of ennui; he doesn t care whether his horses pay off or if bar-girls drink up his money. He spends his last 45 cents in a lunchroom, and returns to his hospital in a fog. Illustrations by William Gropper and Hugo Gellert; cover by Gellert The American Pearson's Magazine began publication in 1899, as a spinoff of the British magazine of the same name. Issues were published under "The New Pearson's" title for much of 1923. The last issue of the American magazine was published in 1925. Frank Harris was editor in chief from September 1916 – 1923 The United States version was published by J. J. Little The magazine folded in April 1925 after a total run of 314 issues. While this magazine is in extremely poor & fragile condition, it is practically one of a kind and as such is being sold as the priceless historic artifact that it is Your purchase helps me continue to fund my artistic work as a photographer in Hollywood California. It also helps me to feed my increasingly finicky cat who now only wants the most expensive cat food