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The League of Frightened Men
The League of Frightened Men is the second Nero Wolfe detective novel by Rex Stout. The story was serialized in six issues of "The Saturday Evening Post" (June 15–July 20, 1935) under the title "The Frightened Men". The novel was published in 1935 by Farrar & Rinehart, Inc. "The League of Frightened Men" is a Haycraft Queen Cornerstone, one of the most influential works of mystery fiction listed by crime fiction historian Howard Haycraft and Ellery Queen.
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