As Tough As They Come is a scarce anthology of hardboiled detective fiction. It was published in a mass-market paperback edition by Permabooks in 1951 and has never been reprinted. CONTENTS:OURSLER, WILL, ed. As Tough As They Come (Permabooks P118, 1951, 35¢, 370pp, pb)ix Preface, Will Oursler, pr1 The Man Who Lost His Head, Bruno Fischer, nv Doc Savage July 194524 Goodbye, Hannah, Steve Fisher, ss Double Detective December 1938; EQMM Winter 1942.41 The Visitor, Henry Treece, ss Argosy (UK) January 1946; Story May/June 194755 Journey By Night, Thomas Walsh, ss The Saturday Evening Post July18 194275 Corkscrew, Dashiell Hammett, na Black Mask September 1925; EQMM September 1947.136 No Escape!, Bruno Fischer, nv Detective Tales January 1949169 Brush Fire, James M. Cain, ss Liberty Magazine December 5 1936; EQMM November 1946.180 Sparrow Cop, MacKinlay Kantor, ss Detective Fiction Weekly March 18 1933; EQMM July 1951.198 Big Shot, Brett Halliday, ss, Argosy October 22 1938 (as Davis Dresser); EQMM August 1947.216 Gangster's Girl, Lou Wylie, ss Story, September 1934228 Frisco Payoff, Lawrence G. Blochman, ss Thrilling Detective September 1936246 Invited Witness, George Harmon Coxe, ss, Dime Mystery Book Magazine, August 1933; EQMM July 1950.255 Lethal Boy Blue, Larry Holden, ss Detective Tales May 1949267 Mighty Like A Rogue, Day Keene, nv Dime Detective January 1950301 Natural Selection, Gilbert Thomas, ss EQMM August 1950312 Dead Heat, Lillian Day & Norbert Lederer, ss EQMM July 1946321 Killer-Diller, Hugh Pentecost, ss Mystery Book Magazine August 1945ABOUT THE EDITOR (From Wikipedia):William Charles Oursler (July 12, 1913 – January 7, 1985) was an American author, lecturer and radio commentator, and the son of noted novelist and playwright Fulton Oursler. He frequently wrote and spoke on religious and inspirational subjects.Born in Baltimore, his family soon moved to New York City, where Will grew up and attended school. After a brief stint at art school (Oursler attended the Art Students League of New York), he decided to complete college and graduated cum laude from Harvard University in 1937. After graduation, Oursler worked on the staffs of various Boston newspapers and began writing in earnest. His first book, The Trial Of Vincent Doon, was published in 1941, followed by Folio On Florence White in 1942.Oursler served as a war correspondent for Fawcett Publications during World War II. After the war, he began contributing numerous articles and short stories to well known magazines such as Collier's and Reader's Digest. Oursler also wrote non-fiction as well as novels and mysteries; non-fiction titles include Father Flanagan Of Boys' Town about Father Edward J. Flanagan's work with young men (in collaboration with his father), The Boy Scout Story, The Murderers (with Harry Anslinger), and The Road To Faith. N.Y. N.Y. is perhaps Oursler's best known novel.Over the course of his career Oursler wrote more than 45 books including 12 mystery novels. He was vice-president of the Mystery Writers of America, a founding commodore of the Overseas Yacht Club, and president of the Overseas Press Club from 1970 to 1972. His autobiography, Family Story, was published in 1963.Oursler also wrote under the names Gale Gallagher and Nick Marino.He also co-wrote "My Life With Edgar Cayce by David E. Kahn, as told to Will Oursler", Doubleday edition, 1970.