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Title: The Murder of the U.S.A. Title Record # 3531
Author: Murray Leinster
Date: 1946-00-00
Type: NOVEL
Language: English
Synopsis: Hundreds of atom bombs fall upon the USA, instantly destroying most of the cities and some 70 million Americans. The bombs all seem to come from the North Pole, sender unknown. Will the surviving military staff, hidden away in shelters named "burrows", eventually discover who their mysterious aggressor is and retaliate by clouting them into nothingness?
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations Serializations Translated Serializations
Year Title
1946 Destroy the U.S.A. [as by Will F. Jenkins]
1946 The Murder of the U.S.A. [as by Will F. Jenkins]
Year Language Title
1948Translated by M. Raismann
Dutch Moord op Moeder Aarde [as by Will F. Jenkins]
1951Translated by Gilles Malar
French Assassinat des États-Unis [as by Will Jenkins]
1956Translated by Manuel Bosch Barrett
Spanish Atentado a los EE. UU. [as by Will F. Jenkins]
Year Title
1946 Atoms Over America (Part 1 of 2) [as by Will F. Jenkins]
1946 Atoms Over America (Part 2 of 2) [as by Will F. Jenkins]
Year Language Title
1953Translated by an uncredited translator
Italian Sterminio "A" (Complete Novel) [as by Will F. Jenkins]

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Murder of the U.S.A. 1946-00-00 Will F. Jenkins Crown Publishers  
$2.00?$: US dollar
172
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel Ancona Checkmark
Destroy the U.S.A. 1946-00-00 Will F. Jenkins Ambassador  
C$2.35?C$: Canadian dollar
172
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel  
Argosy, June 1946 1946-06-00 ed. Editors of Argosy Popular Publications, Inc.  
$0.25?$: US dollar
116
quarto?8.5" by 11" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued
mag  
Argosy, July 1946 1946-07-00 ed. Editors of Argosy Popular Publications, Inc.  
$0.25?$: US dollar
116
quarto?8.5" by 11" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued
mag  
The Murder of the U.S.A. 1947-00-00 Will F. Jenkins Handi-Books / Quinn Publishing Co. 62
$0.20?$: US dollar
127
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
novel Checkmark
Moord op Moeder Aarde 1948-00-00 Will F. Jenkins Hollandia     187
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel  
Destroy the U.S.A. 1950-09-00 Will F. Jenkins News Stand Library 141
C$0.25?C$: Canadian dollar
157
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
novel Checkmark
Assassinat des États-Unis 1951-01-00 Will Jenkins Hachette (Le Rayon Fantastique #1)     256
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
novel Checkmark
Galassia #1 1953-01-00 ed. Orfeo Giovanni Landini Galassia 1
Lit 100?Lit: Italian lira
104
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
mag Luigi Garonzi Checkmark
Atentado a los EE. UU. 1956-00-00 ed. Will F. Jenkins E.D.H.A.S.A. (Nebulae #28) 28   244
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Llobera  
The Murder of the U.S.A. 2016-10-19 Will F. Jenkins Wildside Press 978-1-4794-2374-3
$8.99?$: US dollar
176
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
novel  
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