Ernest Tidyman (Author of Shaft)
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Ernest Tidyman


Born
in Cleveland, The United States
January 01, 1928

Died
July 14, 1984

Genre
Mystery & Thrillers, Screenplays, Nonfiction


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. ...more

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Average rating: 3.49 · 542 ratings · 94 reviews · 26 distinct works • Similar authors
Shaft
3.47 avg rating — 275 ratings — published 1970 — 31 editions
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Dummy
3.79 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 1974 — 13 editions
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High Plains Drifter
3.75 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 1973 — 4 editions
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Shaft Among the Jews
3.37 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 1972 — 15 editions
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Shaft's Big Score
3.27 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 1972 — 6 editions
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Shaft Has a Ball
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3.24 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1973 — 3 editions
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Goodbye, Mr. Shaft
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3.58 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1973 — 8 editions
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Shaft's Carnival of Killers
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Big Bucks
3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1982 — 5 editions
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Line of Duty
3.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1974 — 7 editions
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Series by Ernest Tidyman

Shaft Shaft Among the Jews Shaft's Big Score Shaft Has a Ball Goodbye, Mr. Shaft Shaft's Carnival of Killers The Last Shaft
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“There were more angles to this thing than a stained-glass window of The Battle of Hastings.”
― Ernest Tidyman , Shaft's Big Score
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“Shaft was standing next to a newstsand about thirty yards from the Con Ed crew when Kelly came out of the red-brick highrise, the glossy haven of the spade who's made it. It rose like an insult to all the failure around it, a fifteen-story middle finger that said up yours to the old neighborhood.”
― Ernest Tidyman, Shaft's Big Score
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