"The purpose of this paper is to present the life of Edison Marshall, particularly those aspects which have direct bearing on the production of his novels, together with an annotated listing of his published novels. A listing of articles and short stories written by him will be included in an appendix. Since 'librarians have been forced increasingly into bibliographic activity' and, since the expressed 'purpose of the bio-bibliography is to present biographical and bibliographical material to library users,' this form has been selected as the best means of presentation of this study"--Introduction. / Typescript. / "August, 1960." / "Submitted to the Graduate School of Florida State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science." / Advisor: Sara K. Srygley, Professor Directing Paper. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 50-55).