Dawn of the Dead

Year of Publication
1978
Publication Type
Novel
Number of Pages or Episodes
188 p.
Language
English
Contributors Author: George A. [Andrew] Romero
Author: Susanna Sparrow
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
City
New York
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Abstract
A novelization of the 1978 film in which four people escape a zombie attack in Philadelphia and fly by helicopter to Western Pennsylvania—refueling at the airport near Johnstown—to take up residence in the deserted mall 60 miles north of Pittsburgh, where they fight off more zombies and militant bikers.
Author Biography
George Romero (1940—2017), born in the Bronx and educated at Carnegie Mellon University, was a filmmaker and pioneer of the horror film genre. Susanna Sparrow (1944— ) is a screenwriter.
Time
1970s
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