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New York: Simon and Schuster. Very Good in Good dj. 1928. 5th/6th printing. Hardcover. [upper corners bumped and slightly worn (minor exposure of boards), some wear to cloth at spine ends; jacket worn and dog-eared along bottom edge, minor paper loss at top of spine, small chip at bottom front hinge, faint dampstaining to rear panel]. One of the more well-known entries in what might be called the "ambitious-girl-makes-good-and-writes-home-about-it" genre of comic novel, this relates the showbizzy adventures of Dixie Dugan, "the hottest little wench that ever shook a scanties at a tired business man." The tale is told in a narrative mash-up consisting of telegrams, news articles, vaudeville blackout skits, business letters, and letters to and from Dixie's boyfriend back home in Muncie, Indiana. Both this book and its follow-up, "Hollywood Girl," were adapted for the movies, and by the end of 1929 a "Dixie Dugan" newspaper comic strip had made…
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