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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-

Willeford
The Book-
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Tag Archives: Firsts
News: December 2009
HAPPY HARDBOILED HOLIDAYS In this case, from a few of the folk who showed up for the Hammett Flash Mob on April 2nd of this year — but doesn’t the heavy red and green décor of The Ha-Ra Bar just … Continue reading →
Posted in Frisco, Lit, News, SFSC
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Tagged Ace Atkins, Arkham House, August Derleth, David Fechheimer, Firsts, Gary Warne, Ha-Ra Bar, Hammett Tour Book, Irving Glick, John D. Haefele, Kindle, Lovecraft, Vince Emery, Wall Street Journal
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News: June 2009
NO EXTRA TOURS Nothing extra kicking along the mean streets for June, but the desperate always can use an edition of the Dashiell Hammett Tour book for a self-guided prowl over the gumshoe-haunted Frisco hills. And any tours open for … Continue reading →
Posted in DMac, News, REH, Willeford
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Tagged Ace Atkins, Black Mask, Bob Truluck, Donald Sidney-Fryer, Firsts, Hammett Tour Book, Radio, Raymond Chandler, The Barbaric Triumph, The Cimmerian, The Dark Barbarian, Vince Emery
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News: February 2009
NOIR VALENTINE IN THE HA-RA The more or less official launch party for San Francisco Noir 2: The Classics takes place Saturday February 14 — Valentine’s Day — beginning at 8 p.m. in The Ha-Ra Bar in 875 Geary between … Continue reading →
Posted in DMac, Film, Frisco, News, Willeford
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Tagged Ace Atkins, Big Read, Castro Theatre, Craig Clevenger, Donald Sidney-Fryer, Fatty Arbuckle, Firsts, Ha-Ra Bar, Hammett Tour Book, Literary World of San Francisco, Lono Waiwaiolo, Noir City, Peter Maravelis, San Francisco Noir 2: The Classics, Valentine, Vince Emery
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