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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.
The latest and greatest edition to self-guide you up and down the mean streets.
Willeford: The Book
Includes the first “Mr. Hunt” story, “Knives in the Dark.”
Tag Archives: Radio
Hammett: Some Media Some More
Just got a note from Evan Lewis tipping me off to a BBC production of Secret Agent X-9 — originally a newspaper comic strip written by Hammett and drawn by Alex (Flash Gordon) Raymond. A little neo-Old Time Radio, for … Continue reading
Hammett: Two New Collections On the Way
Our peripatetic Guest Blogger Terry Zobeck roams the mean streets looking for news, when he’s not laired up pulling pure Hammett texts out of moldering pulp magazines. Here’s Terry: Last month I was in St. Louis for Bouchercon — the … Continue reading
Posted in Dash, Film, Lit, News
Tagged Bouchercon, Mr. Dynamite, New Black Mask, On the Make, Otto Penzler, Radio, Richard Layman, Terry Zobeck, The Adventures of Sam Spade, Thin Man
Hammett: The Fat Man
To kick off a new month, how about a touch of Hammett off the air waves? You’ve got an ad for one of his radio shows, The Fat Man, above, courtesy John D. Squires. And if you’ve got some time … Continue reading
Sinister Cinema: Jackie Cooper
I noticed that on May 3 Jackie Cooper passed on — thanks to the Hammett tour and dumb luck, I got to meet him one time. The year was 1982. I was back on the Jim Eason program on KGO radio — … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Frisco, News, Tour
Tagged Albert R. Broccoli, Golden Gate Avenue, Jackie Cooper, James Bond, Jim Eason, KGO, Oscar, Radio, Superman, Ted Healy, Tenderloin, Three Stooges, Wallace Beery
News: October 2009
TWO TOURS IN OCTOBER For anyone who missed the full month of Hammett walks in September, you’ve got a couple of chances to make it good this month. Two dames flying in from Switzerland asked for one and a book … Continue reading
Posted in Frisco, Lit, News, Tour
Tagged City Lights, Craig Clevenger, Elmore Leonard, Mike Humbert, Peter Maravelis, PW, Radio, Robert Mailer Anderson
News: September 2009
EVERY SUNDAY IN SEPTEMBER Like it says on the Tour Page, you’ve got a Hammett tour every Sunday this month. Just show up, clutching the equivalent of a tenspot. Put some air in your gumshoes. Walk the walk. SEAN McCOURT … Continue reading
Posted in Frisco, News, Tour
Tagged 891 Post, Bill Arney, David Goodis, Falcon from Knopf, Jo Hammett, Noir Con, Radio, Specious Species
News: July 2009
NO EXTRA TOURS Don is leading some groups by appointment up and over the mean streets in July and August, but nothing has been set up where anyone can just show up with a tenspot and walk the walk — … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Lit, News, REH
Tagged Bouchercon, Conan, Donald Sidney-Fryer, Fabrice Tortey, Hammett Tour Book, Peter Maravelis, Radio, Raymond Chandler, San Francisco Noir 2: The Classics, Vince Emery
