The Trap of Solid Gold

Celebrating the works of John D MacDonald

Sunday, May 8, 2022

King of the Paperbacks

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The following brief profile of John D MacDonald was published in the Sunday newspaper supplement of the Bradenton Herald on March 31, 1974 ...
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Sunday, April 10, 2022

He Comes to Us One by One and Asks Us Who We Are

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Back when I first discovered the writings of John D MacDonald in late 1975, I took note of the fact that one of my then-favorite authors Kur...
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Sunday, March 6, 2022

Some Further Adventures of MacDonald in Auctionland

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  John D MacDonald’s fourteenth Travis McGee novel The Scarlet Ruse was published in January 1973 and was the last paperback original in th...
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Sunday, November 28, 2021

New Hero Debuts in 2 Paperbacks

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  The following book review was published in the May 31, 1964 edition of the Winnona [Minnesota] Daily News , the month and year that Travis...
Sunday, August 29, 2021

Travis McGee, Boatman

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  It might be surprising for a John D MacDonald fan to learn that Travis McGee’s 52-foot houseboat, The Busted Flush -- which plays such a ...
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Sunday, July 11, 2021

What IS Talent?

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In addition to the voluminous amounts of fiction written over his forty year career, John D MacDonald was a frequent contributor to the vari...
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