Tag Archives: Paradise California fire

Rediscovered: Et Tu, Erle? — or, Another Lost Atlantis

Posted on November 30, 2018 by Don

When Tom Krabacher came to town the other day to hang on a feedbag filled with gooey duck, he brought along a copy of a book he helped assemble, Woodland, in Acadia Publishing’s sprawling Images of America series. I was … Continue reading →

Posted in Lit, News | Tagged Book Collecting, Erle Stanley Gardner, literary homes, Mike Humbert, Paradise California fire, Robert Colby, Tom Krabacher, Woodland California |

Tour: The Worst-Air-Quality-on-the-Planet Walk

Posted on November 19, 2018 by Don

I would have thought the Age of Legendary Tours was over, but how was I to know that one day Frisco would be blanketed in smoke from Mike Humbert’s smoldering house in Paradise? Per all the news sources, the air quality … Continue reading →

Posted in Tour | Tagged Big Book of the Continental Op, Elisha Cook Jr., Fatty Arbuckle, Mabel Normand, Mario Ruiz, Mike Humbert, Paradise California fire |

Hammett: Trouble in Paradise

Posted on November 10, 2018 by Don

Shot above from a few years ago, Mike Humbert, Don, Bill Arney standing in front of the folded-up Murphy bed in Sam Spade’s apartment, 891 Post Street. Mike maintains a Hammett website and Bill is famed as the one-time occupant … Continue reading →