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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: Kevin Cook
Two-Gun Bob: A “Probable Outline” Tidbit
The noted book and pulp collector Kevin Cook was telling me about another collector he knew named Richard Minter, who would have made a great resource for the book on Arkham House ephemera I’m working on with John D. Haefele. … Continue reading
Hammett: “D. Hammett”
Autograph Hound Super-Sunday once more, and the noted book and pulp collector Kevin Cook asked if I’d like to put up images from a very recent acquisition to his shelves, “signed by a guy named D. Hammett.” Sure. Why … Continue reading
Posted in Dash
Tagged Autographs, Book Collecting, Hillary Waugh, Kevin Cook, Mysterious Bookshop, Otto Penzler
Rediscovered: Nosing Around in Newsprint
Noted book and pulp collector Kevin Cook sends along some more food for thought, following up the musings he closed out the last year on. Here’s Kevin: The newspaper reprint phenomenon has more elements than we have touched on. For … Continue reading
Posted in Dash, Lit
Tagged Akron Beacon Journal, Argosy All-Story Weekly, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Frank A. Munsey, Homer Eon Flint, Kevin Cook, newspaper action
Rediscovered: ERB in the Papers, Too
The noted book and pulp collector Kevin Cook sent in some additional thoughts and info on the idea of writers such as Hammett getting a ton of newspaper action with reprints — lots of reprints — from their backlog. Kevin approaches … Continue reading
Posted in Dash, Lit, News
Tagged A. L. Searles, All Around, Edgar Rice Burroughs, J. Allen St. John, Kevin Cook, Street & Smith
Rediscovered: A Bradbury Footnote
The noted book and pulp collector Kevin Cook comments on the Ray Bradbury autographs that have shown up recently on the blog: “I can tell you that he was signing books the same way since the 1950s. “I have dated … Continue reading
Rediscovered: A Review of an Eldritch Review
Over on the DMR blog Deuce Richardson just popped up a review of John D. Haefele’s most recent book (and presumed magnum opus) Lovecraft: The Great Tales. He wrestles with the complexities, and I suppose my fave pull quote would … Continue reading
Posted in Lit
Tagged Deuce Richardson, Jeffery Scott Sims, John D. Haefele, Kevin Cook, Tom Krabacher
Rediscovered: Initial Signatures
The noted book and pulp collector Kevin Cook provides a footnote or two on the most recent signature covered in our ongoing surveys of the good, the bad, and the ugly John Hancocks riding the range: A comment on the Charles … Continue reading
Two-Gun Bob: The Best and the Worst
The discussion of pastiche writing the other day — and how even the original authors didn’t always excel with their classic characters — spurred the noted book and pulp collector Kevin Cook to send in additional thoughts: Well, if we’re … Continue reading
Posted in Lit, REH
Tagged Arthur F. Hillman, August Derleth, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Fantasy Review, Kevin Cook, Sherlock Holmes
Rediscovered: Purist Outrage!
The idea that Brian Leno and Tom Krabacher and I cast wary eyes toward the new James Patterson “Shadow” novel recently drove the noted book and pulp collector Kevin Cook into a berserker frenzy. “Why the [sulphurous blasphemy] do you … Continue reading
