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Tropical Tragedies

Purpose

It is a piece of entertainment literature normally found in drugstores and gas stations. it's purpose is to pass the time on an airplane or bus than anything intellectual.

Document Structure

Clauses

It is divided into short stories connected by a ghost story and the genre of melodrama.

Publication Status

Can be found in drugstores, gas stations and airport mall areas.

Legal status

It's under copyright by the author and is under publisher rights. It became a public domain book by the 21st century.

Historical Details

Background

It isn't significant or world changing and was only made for money. It is grounded in the pulp and schlock aesthetic and holds the values and tropes of it's day.

History

The author needed money and took a gig by his publisher to write a supernatural melodramatic tragedy. The author decided to write a series of interconnected melodramas and tragedies connected by a fictional (and inaccurate by the 21st century standards) ghost story that involved an Arabic zombie. A horror movie was based on this book.

Public Reaction

It received decent reviews and seen as a decent drama in its time. By the 21st century it's considered an outdated and cliched book.

Legacy

There was a movie made based on this book. It was a horror tragedy based on the ghost story.
Type
Text, Literature
Medium
Paper
Authoring Date
1942
Authors

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Comments

Author's Notes

This only appeared in one panel and is a minor detail. Corporal John Keene was reading it in his cabin. This exists to help flesh out my world and flesh out Keene abit.


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