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In 1977 Don Herron began leading The Dashiell Hammett Tour, now the longest-running literary tour in the nation. On this site you’ll find information on current walks — dates, where to meet, arranging tours by appointment — plus a hard-boiled blog with news, reviews of books and film, and a dash of noir.
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Monthly Archives: September 2019
Rediscovered: E. Charles Vivian
Kevin Cook returns once more to handle the autograph action this weekend, but let’s put some spin on it with the premiere of Autograph Hound Saturday Revisited. An easy concept. You’ve seen signatures by these people before. But you haven’t seen these John … Continue reading
Hammett: Another Ferris Wheel Caper
If you’re deep into Hammett, you know that he claimed Pinkerton’s Detective Agency once sent him out on an assignment to track down a Ferris wheel stolen from a carnival. Supposedly happened somewhere in Big Sky country, circa 1920. A quote that’s come … Continue reading
Tour: Miles, Archer
On the walk last Sunday a guy rolled in from Phoenix, and at one point mentioned that he once met another guy and was kind of pleasantly surprised to discover that this guy had two sons — named Miles and Archer. “You must … Continue reading
Hammett: Out of the Gate, Jeopardy! Strikes!
The game show Jeopardy! kicked off its new season this week, and a Hammett clew jumped up in the very first episode. At one point, as documented on this blog, they had been dropping refs to Hammett like a beginning … Continue reading
Rediscovered: Hobart Gondor Wagglestaff?
Another Autograph Hound Super-Sunday rolls around, relentlessly, like time itself. I thought Brian Leno might finally have snapped, after the last weekend’s round of superb John Hancockery from Kevin Cook. Brian popped me a note: “Cook’s stuff was fantastic. I almost broke … Continue reading
Rediscovered: Philip “Fungus” Fisher
For Autograph Hound Saturday our resident Autograph Hound Brian Leno trots out yet another signature from his not inconsiderable holdings. Brian says: “Philip M. Fisher, Jr., is not a name that immediately comes to mind when collectors talk of the … Continue reading
Rediscovered: Monahan v. Finlay
Kevin Cook adds some thoughts in re: the artist P.J. Monahan, featured in today’s Autograph Hound Super-Sunday Polaris — of the Snows coverage: “Probably best remembered for his later All-Story Weekly cover painting for Edgar Rice Burroughs’ ‘Thuvia, Maid of … Continue reading
Posted in Lit
Tagged All-Story, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Famous Fantastic Mysteries, Kevin Cook, P. J. Monahan, Polaris of the Snows, Virgil Finlay
Rediscovered: The Munsey Trove
In his coverage of the most recent PulpFest for the Pulp Flakes blog, I noticed Walker Martin make this comment: “Now you might wonder what I bought and sold. As usual my best seller were the cancelled checks that Bob Weinberg … Continue reading
Posted in Dash, Lit, News, REH
Tagged A. Merritt, Autographs, Brian Leno, Frank A. Munsey, Kevin Cook, Popular Publications, Pulp Flakes, PulpFest, Robert Weinberg, Scott Hartshorn, Walker Martin
Rediscovered: Polaris — of the Snows
So, what tour de force of John Hancockery could Kevin Cook lay out for today’s Autograph Hound Super-Sunday? How about the cheque covering the first of many, many imitations of Tarzan — and the cheque covering the cover art of the … Continue reading
Posted in Lit
Tagged All-Story, Autographs, Charles B. Stilson, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Frank A. Munsey, Kevin Cook, P. J. Monahan, Polaris of the Snows, Tarzan
