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Joseph T. "Cap" Shaw (1874–1952) was the editor of ''Black Mask'' magazine from 1926 to 1936. Prior to becoming ''Black Mask'' editor, Shaw had worked as a newspaper reporter and as a soldier in World War I, attaining the rank of captain (Shaw's friends gave him the nickname "Cap"). 〔''Danger is My Business: an illustrated history of the Fabulous Pulp Magazines'' by Lee Server. Chronicle Books, 1993, ISBN 0-8118-0355-4 (pp. 68-70).〕 Shaw was also a professional fencer, and even won an Olympic medal for his fencing ability.〔 〔''Hired Pens : Professional Writers in America's Golden Age of print'' by Ronald Weber. Ohio University Press, 1997 ISBN 0-8214-1204-3 (p. 98)〕 Under his editorship, ''Black Mask'' published many works of crime fiction now recognised as classics of the genre, by authors such as Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, and Erle Stanley Gardner.〔〔(Black Mask magazine )〕〔"Pulps" by Robert Sampson, in ''Encyclopedia Mysteriosa'' , edited by William L. DeAndrea. MacMillan, 1994, ISBN 0-02-861678-2 (p.287-9)〕 Chandler greatly admired Shaw's ability to encourage ''Black Mask'' writers, claiming in a letter, "We wrote better for him than we could have written for anybody else".〔 Despite ''Black Mask's'' critical and commercial popularity, Shaw was eventually fired from the magazine. Shaw then worked as a literary agent, though without notable success.〔''Selected Letters of Raymond Chandler'', Frank MacShane, ed., Columba University Press, 1981, ISBN 0-231-05080-1 (pp. 5-8).〕 He died in Manhattan aged 77.〔 ==References== *http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A02E6D91230F933A05757C0A9669C8B63 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joseph Shaw (editor)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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