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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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Willeford: The Book
Includes the first “Mr. Hunt” story, “Knives in the Dark.”
Category Archives: Dash
Hammett: Further Reference to Nick Charles Liking a Pop Every Couple of Pages
The Hammett buzz comes fast and furious on Jeopardy!, with guest host Aaron Rodgers receiving one last night. S37 E142. April 13 2021. Category: Going Stir Crazy. $600 clew: Some prefer stirring this classic cocktail; shaking it, the preferred method … Continue reading
Hammett: The Slaughter of Duller Characters
Two or three emails back the noted book and pulp collector Kevin Cook mentioned to me that Hammett had gone to France during the Great War. I told him, not as far as I know. But now there’s some evidence … Continue reading
Posted in Dash
Tagged Evan Lewis, France, Kevin Cook, newspaper action, Tallulah Bankhead, The Great War, Willa Gray Martin
Hammett: Dr. Oz Gets the Clew
In the back of my mind lurked the idea that Jeopardy! might retire clews about Hammett and Sam Spade in the post-Alex Trebek era. But as I’ve said before, Hammett kind of serves as one of their standards — not … Continue reading
Sinister Cinema: Sam Invades Manchette Territory
Terry Zobeck pops along the news from The Rap Sheet that unbeknownst to us Sam Spade moved to France and is about to get into some 1960s colonial action, as in a Jean-Patrick Manchette novel! Well, hell, I wasn’t expecting … Continue reading
Posted in Dash, Film, Willeford
Tagged Burnt Orange Heresy, Clive Owen, Manchette, Rap Sheet, Terry Zobeck
Hammett: Blue Bloods Blurb
Both Evan Lewis and Brian Wallace alerted me to a major Hammett/Falcon cameo in the cop show Blue Bloods. “Friday night, February 12, 2021,” Brian reported. “Season 11, Episode 7 — ‘In Too Deep.’Alison Gable (Erin Neufer) is introduced to … Continue reading
Posted in Dash, Film, News
Tagged Blue Bloods, Brian Wallace, Evan Lewis, falcon statues, Get Shorty, Jeopardy!, Sam Spade
Hammett: Pick-Up on Post Street
Sitting in his rooms in 891 Post Street in San Francisco one of the star writers for the wood-pulp Black Mask cooked up a yarn that would make him the name to conjure with for closing in on a century … Continue reading
Hammett: The Jeopardy! Roundup
For fun I’ve been keeping track of the times Hammett or something to do with Hammett (i.e. Sam Spade or Lillian Hellman) popped up on the game show Jeopardy! Kind of a marker of the cultural zeitgeist. Now that the … Continue reading
Hammett: Further Farewells
Following up on his track down of a newspaper reprint for “The Farewell Murder” the other day, Evan Lewis rounds up a few more! Surf over and give it a look. Obviously Hammett saw more action in newspapers than he … Continue reading
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Tagged "The Farewell Murder", Evan Lewis, John D. Squires, newspaper action, Terry Zobeck
Rediscovered: 100 Years Ago
Recently noted book and pulp collector Kevin Cook mentioned one of the features he does for his zine in the amateur press association devoted to pulps: I probably told you about it before, but every PEAPS mailing I do a … Continue reading
Posted in Dash, Lit, REH
Tagged Adventure, Arthur O. Friel, Genghis Khan, Harold Lamb, Henry S. Whitehead, Kevin Cook, Khlit the Cossack, PEAPS, Rafael Sabatini
