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- ↑ Malgosia Tomassi's Biography, "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-01-05.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ↑ Thrilling Detective's Mike Hammer Page, http://www.thrillingdetective.com/hammer.html