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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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Tag Archives: Edgar Rice Burroughs
Rediscovered: The Don Grant “Time-Lost”s, and Others
Some more commentary on last weekend’s autographs rolled in, with Kevin Cook stating: “Great to finally see an Arthur O. Friel autograph. Congratulations to Brian for tracking that one down.” But Kevin adds, “I hope that Brian realizes that the Time … Continue reading
Rediscovered: ERB — Name/ Place/ Date
Brian Leno jumps aboard with a cameo appearance in today’s Autograph Hound Super-Sunday tribute to Edgar Rice Burroughs. The regret expressed in ERB’s last months in re: “I am so ashamed of my writing since I have been ill. I used to have a … Continue reading
Rediscovered: 1924 Inscription from George Allan England
Kevin Cook steps in to cover the autograph action this weekend — if you’ve followed previous weekends, you know he’s been champing at that bit. I’m not sure how Autograph Hound Brian Leno is going to react to someone intruding … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Lit
Tagged A.L. Sessions, Autographs, Brian Leno, Edgar Rice Burroughs, George Allan England, Kevin Cook, Pulps, Tarzan
Rediscovered: Kevin Cook on Full Auto
And Kevin Cook — noted pulp and book collector — couldn’t resist sending in some remarks on the subject of autographs. I’m fairly sure Brian Leno has a bigger auto collection, but when it comes to pulp era signers, Kevin may … Continue reading
Posted in Lit, REH
Tagged A. Merritt, All Around, All-Story, Autographs, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Kevin Cook, Pulps, Weird Tales
Rediscovered: Dodging Apache Torture and Other Incidents of a Life Fully Lived
You know Brian Leno, mention stuff like Edgar Rice Burroughs and the disconcerting torture techniques of the Apache, and instantly he starts thinking about Frederick Russell Burnham. Doesn’t everyone? Here’s Brian with some thoughts for today: Recently I read A Splendid Savage: … Continue reading
Posted in News
Tagged Autographs, Brian Leno, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Frederick Russell Burnham, Graham-Tewksbury Feud, Steve Kemper, Wyatt Earp
Sinister Cinema: Night Moves
Matthew Asprey Gear’s previous film tome piled up over 300 pages covering the career of Orson Welles, but this year he’s taking it easy with a monograph half that length. Got to appreciate the guys sitting around knocking out monographs. … Continue reading
Posted in Film
Tagged Alan Sharp, Arthur Penn, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Gene Hackman, Jim Thompson, Matthew Asprey, Night Moves, Robert Mitchum, Warren Oates
Rediscovered: Further ERBivoring
Kevin Cook, noted pulp and book collector, chimes in with some comments on Edgar Rice Burroughs: “Unless you have a fortune hidden away somewhere, I would vote against dropping all the other authors you collect in favor of ERB as you … Continue reading
Posted in Lit
Tagged Book Collecting, Charles B. Stilson, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Kevin Cook, Kioga, Norris Chambers, Richard A. Lupoff, Tarzan, William L. Chester
Rediscovered: High Stakes Burroughs Bibliophilia
From the far reaches of Bismarck, North Dakota, our good buddy and occasional Guest Blogger Brian Leno got a sudden urge to ERB a bit for the Mean Streets. Why not? And you know Brian and his collections — he sent … Continue reading
Posted in Lit, REH
Tagged Book Collecting, Brian Leno, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc., Frank Frazetta, Jim Gerlach, Jim Sullos, Robert B. Zeuschner, Roy Krenkel
