WASHINGTON, July 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau:

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SATURDAY, JULY 17: CRIME FICTION

Profile America — Saturday, July 17th.  Two of the giants of American detective fiction were born in July.  Erle Stanley Gardner was born on this date in 1889, and is best remembered for creating the lawyer-detective Perry Mason, whose television series seems to be in permanent reruns.  Next week will mark the anniversary of the birth of Raymond Chandler, the master of hard-boiled crime fiction, in a series of books featuring Los Angeles private eye Philip Marlowe.  Chandler also wrote three major movie screenplays, including "Double Indemnity."  Detective and crime fiction remain popular with American readers and are among the more than three billion new books expected to be sold this year.  You can find these and more facts about America from the U.S. Census Bureau, online at www.census.gov.  

Sources:  Chase's Calendar of Events 2010, p. 375, 383

Statistical Abstract of the United States 2010, t. 1100

Profile America is produced by the Public Information Office of the U.S. Census Bureau. These daily features are available as produced segments, ready to air, on a monthly CD or on the Internet at http://www.census.gov (look for "Multimedia Gallery" by the "Newsroom" button).  

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