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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.”
Tag Archives: John Gawsworth
Rediscovered: Becoming Legends
Fritz Leiber, subject of the tour coming up this Sunday, was alive for much of the time I’ve been doing walks. Some of you may remember Hammett tours when we reached 811 Geary Street and did the blurb on Fritz and Our Lady … Continue reading
Posted in Frisco, News, Tour, Willeford
Tagged 811 Geary, Donald Sidney-Fryer, Fritz Leiber, Harlan Ellison, John Gawsworth, Library of America, M. P. Shiel, Michael Dirda, Our Lady of Darkness, Washington Post
Rediscovered: The Poets Gawsworth and Maclaren
Recently I heard from Lucilla Maclaren Spillane, who was looking around the Web for Steve Eng. Steve, if you recall, is the guy who brought M. P. Shiel fully to my attention, and completely sold me on John Gawsworth as a … Continue reading
Posted in Lit
Tagged A. E. Housman, Cobstone Mill, Edmund Blunden, Hamish Maclaren, John Gawsworth, Lucilla Maclaren Spillane, M. P. Shiel, Redonda, Steve Eng
Hammett: “Magician” Trackdown
Lately M. P. Shiel has been in the air around here — I’ve been easing my way through the first two of three volumes of the biography of Shiel from the pen of Harold Billings (on the side reading upcoming … Continue reading
Posted in Dash, Lit, News
Tagged "The Gutting of Couffignal", Harold Billings, John D. Squires, John Gawsworth, M. P. Shiel, Terry Zobeck, Vince Emery
Rediscovered: Redonda!
I’m confident it was my pal Steve Eng who brought M. P. Shiel fully to my attention some thirty years ago. Like anyone else interested in horror and fantastic literature, I’d have come across the name already, courtesy at least … Continue reading
Posted in Dash, DMac, Frisco, Lit
Tagged "The Gutting of Couffignal", Arthur Machen, Black Mask, Book Collecting, Dylan Thomas, Hammett Tour Book, Henry Miller, John D. Squires, John Gawsworth, Lovecraft, M. P. Shiel, Redonda, Steve Eng
