The Deep Blue Good-by
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The Deep Blue Good-by is the first of 21 novels in the Travis McGee series by American author John D. MacDonald.
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John D. MacDonald
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John Dann MacDonald was an American writer of novels and short stories. A prolific author of crime and suspense novels, many set in his adopted home of Florida, he was one of the most successful Ameri
The Deep Blue Good-by
…The Deep Blue Good-by is the first of 21 novels in the Travis McGee series by American author John D. MacDonald. Commissioned in 1964 by Fawcett Publications editor Knox Burger, the book establishes for the series an investigative protagonist in a residential…
MacDonald c. 1970–1983
The plaque commemorating creations of MacDonald (Travis McGee, the Busted Flush, and Slip F-18) at Bahia Mar harbor, Lauderdale, as seen in 2011 at the Bahia Mar harbormaster's office and gift shop
MacDonald's 1952 novel Ballroom of the Skies was reprinted in Two Complete Science-Adventure Books in 1953, but no paperback edition appeared until 1968.