Madman on a Drum by "N.R. De
Mexico"(Pseudonym of Robert Campbell Bragg) Paperback, first edition,
first printing published in 1944 by Cavalcade Publishing Company. Pages are
toned, tight, and book appears unread. Chipping to spine, otherwise no writing
or tears. See pics.
This 1944 noir suspense novel and
paperback original was issued by a small paperback publisher out of New
York. Madman on a Drum would be the first full-length book written by
one N.R. De Mexico, pseudonym of Robert Campbell Bragg. De Mexico later wrote a book in 1951 that
would put his name into the Congressional Record, front and center in a debate
about the negative effect of paperback literature on American culture. That
book, "Marijuana Girl", would become Exhibit A in Rep. Ezekiel C.
Gathings' Congressional Sub-Committee's mini-crusade against drug
use in popular literature.