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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: Paul J. Bauer
Rediscovered: Biography Month Redux
Today is the official publication date for Nathan Ward’s newest bio, Son of the Old West — The Odyssey of Charlie Siringo: Cowboy, Detective, Writer of the Wild Frontier. Something to kick off another Biography Month here on These Mean … Continue reading
Posted in Dash, Lit, News
Tagged Captain James Cook, Charlie Siringo, Danny Trejo, Eugene Manlove Rhodes, Franz Kafka, Jim Tully, Jimmy Buffett, Mark Dawidziak, Nathan Ward, Paul J. Bauer, Son of the Old West, Steve Eng
Hollywood Beat: The Tully Talk
On Sunday the 14th I got up in Denver at the crack-of-dawn (and anyone who knows me can tell you I hate the crack-of-dawn) and began punching the machine toward LA for the talk about Jim Tully in Musso & Frank, … Continue reading
Posted in DMac, Film, Lit, News, Willeford
Tagged Book Collecting, Boris Karloff, Charlie Chaplin, Circus Parade, Erich von Stroheim, Frankenstein, Howard Prouty, James Whale, Jim Tully, Larry Edmunds Bookshop, Leo Grin, Lon Chaney Sr., Mark Dawidziak, Musso & Frank, Paul J. Bauer, The Bruiser, The Maltese Falcon Society, The Mummy, UCLA
Rediscovered: A Rolling Freight Train of Jim Tully Events
Whoa. Falling behind again, as I get ready for another trip, that will wind its way to Denver and ultimately bring me back around to LA in time to hear the Jim Tully talk in Musso & Frank on the 15th. I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Lit, News
Tagged Brian Leno, Jim Tully, Mark Dawidziak, Musso & Frank, Paul J. Bauer, PulpFest, St Marys Ohio, UCLA
Rediscovered: The Underworld Years
Let’s ease gently from Biography Month into LitCrit Month. . . . In the intro to their bio on Jim Tully, Bauer and Dawidziak have this statement: Frank Scully, who knew Tully better than anyone, had a warning for any … Continue reading
Posted in Lit, Willeford
Tagged Dr. Sam: Johnson, Frank Scully, H. L. Mencken, Jack Dempsey, Jack London, James Boswell, Jim Tully, Mark Dawidziak, Muhammad Ali, Paul J. Bauer, The American Mercury, Waldo Frank
Rediscovered: Red Tully and More Hobo Jungle Sapping History
How about Biography Month here in Up and Down These Mean Streets? I’ve got some bios I’ve been intending to mention piled up on a shelf behind me, and I’m a third of the way through the recent bio of Jim … Continue reading
Posted in Dash, Lit
Tagged Clint Eastwood, Frank Frazetta, Jack Black, Jim Tully, Mark Dawidziak, Paul J. Bauer, PulpFest, Sapping Day, Tecumseh, The Gauntlet
