Martin J. Smith

Author of Poplorica: A Popular History of the Fads, Mavericks, Inventions, and Lore that Shaped Modern America

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About the Author

Martin J. Smith is a journalist, magazine editor, and winner of more than fifty newspaper and magazine writing awards. A former senior editor of the Los Angeles Times magazine and Orange Coast, the magazine of Orange County, he's the author of five critically acclaimed suspense thrillers and three show more nonfiction books, including The Wild Duck Chase, upon which the 2016 documentary film The Million Dollar Duck is based He lives in Granby, Colorado. show less

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Series

The Memory Series

Works by Martin J. Smith

Oops: 20 Life Lessons from the Fiascoes That Shaped America (2006) 56 copies

Time Release (1997) 50 copies

Straw Men (2001) 49 copies

Shadow Image (1998) 24 copies

The Wild Duck Chase: Inside the Strange and Wonderful World of the Federal Duck Stamp Contest (2012) 21 copies

Burma: Insurgency and the Politics of Ethnicity (Politics in Contemporary Asia) (1991) 11 copies

Combustion (2016) 10 copies

The Disappeared Girl (2014) 6 copies

The Changing Labour Party (1992) 5 copies

Going to Trinidad: A Doctor, a Colorado Town, and Stories from an Unlikely Gender Crossroads (2021) 5 copies

Power and the state (2009) 4 copies

Mr. Las Vegas has a bad knee : and other tales of the people, places, and peculiarities of the modern American… (2017) 4 copies

The Core Executive in Britain (Transforming Government) (1999) 3 copies

Pressure, power and policy : state autonomy and policy networks in Britain and the United States (1993) 3 copies

Burma (Myanmar) : the time for change (2002) 1 copy

Pressure politics (1994) 1 copy

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Associated Works

A Taste of Murder: Diabolically Delicious Recipes from Contemporary Mystery Writers (1999) — Contributor — 45 copies

Orange County Noir (2010) — Contributor — 30 copies

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Gender: male

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Reviews

The wild duck chase by Martin J. Smith

A great look at a micro-culture, or even a few, wildlife artists, duck stamp enthusiasts, hunters and birdwatchers. Terrific conservation program that deserves more publicity, hope this book helped

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cspiwak | 4 other reviews | Mar 6, 2024 |

Time Release by Martin J. Smith

In Pittsburgh, 1986, products in a pharmacy have been tampered with resulting in several deaths.
Ten years later it starts again and Detective Downing knows that the guilty person is Ron Corbett. But how to prove it.

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Vesper1931 | 2 other reviews | Jul 29, 2021 |

The Wild Duck Chase: Inside the Strange and… by Martin J. Smith

A very interesting book about the program and it's leading practitioners .

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JNSelko | 4 other reviews | Aug 30, 2019 |

The Wild Duck Chase: Inside the Strange and… by Martin J. Smith

A good overview of the Federal Duck Stamp program, focusing on the Hautman brothers, frequent winners of the annual contest. A quick, breezy read about a rousingly successful government program.