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The Dashiell Hammett Tour
1977-2022



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Arkham House Ephemera
The Classic Years 1937–1973-

Death Lit
Essays and Reviews Selected from Fifty Years of Writing 1974–2024-

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The Book-
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Monthly Archives: July 2019
Frisco Beat: Secret San Francisco
How about a couple of pics from the panel last Sunday in Jack Kerouac alley? A trifle in front of the stage, to the your left is Vesuvio’s Bar and to the right City Lights Books. At the back Grant … Continue reading
Posted in Frisco, SFSC
Tagged Chinatown, Gregory Corso, Jack Kerouac alley, John Law, North Beach, Ruth Carlson, Secret San Francisco, William Forsythe
Remembered: 100 Years Ago Today
Yeah, you see the autographed pic of Dempsey, and your mind spins — you’re thinking it’s Autograph Hound Saturday! But it’s Thursday July 4th — and American Independence happened more than a hundred years ago, right? (That’s what I heard, anyway.) … Continue reading
Posted in Boxing, News, REH
Tagged Autographs, Jack Dempsey, Jack London, Jess Willard, Jim Tully, Lovecraft





