Ernest Tidyman

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Ernest Tidyman

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born
January 01, 1928 in Cleveland, The United States

died
July 14, 1984

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Ernest Ralph Tidyman took his first breath on Jan. 1, 1928, the son of a veteran police reporter for the Cleveland Plain Dealer. At age 14, he dropped out of school and, concealing his youth, won his own police-reporting gig with the rival Cleveland News. Following a two-year stint in the U.S. Army, Tidyman returned to Cleveland and worked as an editor for The Plain Dealer before moving to such dailies as the New York Post and The New York Times.

Ernest Tidyman is best known for his novels featuring the African-American detective John Shaft. He also co-wrote the screenplay for the film versions of Shaft and The French Connection. Tidyman was awarded an Academy Award for his screenplay adaptation of The French Connection.


Average rating: 3.16 · 99 ratings · 20 reviews · 13 distinct works
Shaft
3.21 of 5 stars 3.21 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 1970 — 5 editions
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Shaft Among the Jews
3.22 of 5 stars 3.22 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1972 — 5 editions
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Dummy
3.43 of 5 stars 3.43 avg rating — 7 ratings2 editions
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High Plains Drifter
3.17 of 5 stars 3.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1973
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Shaft's Carnival of Killers
3.2 of 5 stars 3.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1974 — 2 editions
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Shaft Has A Ball
3.2 of 5 stars 3.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1973
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Shaft's Big Score
3.17 of 5 stars 3.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1972 — 3 editions
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Goodbye, Mr. Shaft
2.75 of 5 stars 2.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1973 — 2 editions
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The Last Shaft
2.5 of 5 stars 2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1977
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Big Bucks
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1983 — 2 editions
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More books by Ernest Tidyman…
Shaft Shaft Among the Jews Shaft Has A Ball Shaft's Big Score Goodbye, Mr. Shaft The Last Shaft Shaft's Carnival of Killers
Shaft (7 books)
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