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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: Howard Days
Mort: Robert Weinberg
Courtesy Leo Grin, the shot above first appeared (in b&w) in The Cimmerian V1n3 for August 2004 — showing Bob Weinberg gleefully enacting the abduction of the 1937 edition of A Gent from Bear Creek from the Robert E. Howard … Continue reading
Posted in Lit, News, REH
Tagged Bob Baker, Brian Leno, Howard Days, Leo Grin, literary homes, Robert Weinberg, The Cimmerian, Weird Tales
Sinister Cinema: Adios, Tuco
While I’m not even trying to mention the passing of every movie star, I’ve got to acknowledge the death of Eli Wallach (1915-2014) on June 24, taking out another third of the trinity from The Good, the Bad, and the … Continue reading
Two-Gun Bob: The Latest Raconteur
By the time I wake up today copies of Two-Gun Raconteur 17 ought to be moving briskly out of the Gift Shop in the Robert E. Howard House in Cross Plains, Texas — a little something extra to help kick … Continue reading
Posted in News, REH
Tagged Battling Siki, Brian Leno, Conan Meets the Academy, Damon Sasser, Ernest Hemingway, Howard Days
Tour: On Sunday July 21 and Sunday July 28
A couple of requests for walks have rolled in — one from a guy in the area and another from some folk en route to SF from Brownwood, Texas. After prowling around Texas on several trips to Howard Days in … Continue reading
Posted in News, REH, Tour
Tagged Brownwood Texas, Charlie Webb, hangings, Howard Days, John Wesley Hardin
Two-Gun Bob: 106 and Counting
Birthday 106 for Robert E. Howard today. Almost 76 years since he committed suicide on June 11, 1936. And his name lives on. Not bad for a writer who plied his trade in the pulps and didn’t see a single … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Lit, News, REH
Tagged "Conan vs. Conantics", Al Harron, Book Collecting, Brian Leno, Doc Howard, Frazetta, Glenn Lord, Howard Days, Jason Momoa, L. Sprague de Camp, Leo Grin, Lin Carter, pure texts, The Cimmerian, Tompk, Whoopi Goldberg
Two-Gun Bob: Into the West
Sometime after midnight, as 2011 had slipped away and the New Year had begun, I did a quick check of email and found a barrage of notes telling me that Glenn Lord had passed away on the last day of the vanished … Continue reading
Posted in Lit, News, REH
Tagged Glenn Lord, Howard Days, James Reasoner, literary suicides, Walt Coburn
Two-Gun Bob: “Conan vs. Conantics”
I’ve heard that various fans already are drifting into Cross Plains, Texas for the latest Robert E. Howard Days celebration — this one a notable landmark, seventy-five years since the young author killed himself on June 11. As a memorial … Continue reading
Two-Gun Bob: Poetry on Parade
As Donald Sidney-Fryer and I were trooping down Enchanted Rock outside Fredericksburg, Texas, a stop on our way to Robert E. Howard Days in Cross Plains in June 2009, I did not suspect that I was going to be drafted … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Lit, News, REH
Tagged Ben Friberg, Donald Sidney-Fryer, Fabrice Tortey, Glenn Lord, Howard Days, Indy Cavalier, Joe Lansdale, Larry D. Thomas, Professor Frank Coffman
