"A Hard Man is Good to Find"

[Fred Shapiro]

I'm working someplace without ProQuest Historical Newspapers access right
now.  Can anyone check for me what is the earliest hit on PQHN for the
phrase "a hard man is good to find."  I find it on Newspaperarchive in
1973 as a porn movie title, but am trying to see if there are earlier
attributions to Mae West.

Fred Shapiro


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