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Category Archives: Tour
News: April 2010
No extra walks this month anyone can just show up and do, but Don is leading a group by appointment on the side — however, hang on till May and you’ll find Hammett Tours every Sunday, just like it says … Continue reading
News: March 2010
TOUR ON PALM SUNDAY Last month the Hammett tour hit the mean streets on Valentine’s Day, encountering a gang of balloons — this month Don is once again slipping on the gumshoes to guide a walk on Palm Sunday, March … Continue reading
News: February 2010
EIGHTY YEARS ON THE MEAN STREETS! On Valentine’s Day in 1930 Alfred Knopf released Hammett’s The Maltese Falcon in its first edition. To celebrate this cornerstone of the hardboiled and noir making it to its eightieth anniversary, Don is offering … Continue reading
News: January 2010
YEAR 33 Another year, Don’s thirty-third on the mean streets, another round of bleak noir rains rolling over the old town. No extra tours are set for this month, but you can get the new edition of The Dashiell Hammett … Continue reading
Posted in DMac, Film, News, Tour
Tagged Black Mask, Castro Theatre, Eddie Muller, Falcon from Knopf, Hammett Tour Book, Kindle, Noir City, Otto Penzler, Pulps, USA Today, Valentine, Vince Emery, Wall Street Journal
News: November 2009
TOUR SUNDAY NOVEMBER 15 In addition to various tours by appointment this month, Don is offering a Hammett walk open to anyone interested — Sunday November 15 at noon, ten bucks, four hours, the usual, just like it says on … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Frisco, News, Tour
Tagged 891 Post, Bill Arney, Clan Breiding, Craig Clevenger, Donnie Fritz, Eddie Muller, Frank Synopsis, Noir City, Robert Mailer Anderson, Specious Species
News: October 2009
TWO TOURS IN OCTOBER For anyone who missed the full month of Hammett walks in September, you’ve got a couple of chances to make it good this month. Two dames flying in from Switzerland asked for one and a book … Continue reading
Posted in Frisco, Lit, News, Tour
Tagged City Lights, Craig Clevenger, Elmore Leonard, Mike Humbert, Peter Maravelis, PW, Radio, Robert Mailer Anderson
News: September 2009
EVERY SUNDAY IN SEPTEMBER Like it says on the Tour Page, you’ve got a Hammett tour every Sunday this month. Just show up, clutching the equivalent of a tenspot. Put some air in your gumshoes. Walk the walk. SEAN McCOURT … Continue reading
Posted in Frisco, News, Tour
Tagged 891 Post, Bill Arney, David Goodis, Falcon from Knopf, Jo Hammett, Noir Con, Radio, Specious Species
News: May 2009
HAMMETT WALKS EVERY SUNDAY THIS MONTH After tons of news items about books and signings all year, let’s keep the May news kind of simple. You want to take the tour for the first time or after a hiatus of … Continue reading
Posted in Lit, News, Tour
Tagged Ace Atkins, Hammett Tour Book, Mike Humbert, San Francisco Noir 2: The Classics, Thomas Burchfield
News: September 2008
TOURS GALORE Just like it says on the Tour Page, you’ll find a Hammett walk offered at noon every Sunday this month — grab ten bucks, if interested, and show up. AND IN OCTOBER Some folk coming into town have … Continue reading
Posted in Tour
