Tag Archives: Raymond Chandler

Tour: Try Again in September

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Don

I’m not penciling in any extra tours this month, where you can just show up, drop a tenspot, and walk the walk — but in September the Hammett Tour rolls each and every Sunday, so if you’ve just heard about it … Continue reading →

Posted in Lit, News, Tour, Willeford | Tagged Chester Himes, Chris Ewan, Jim Thompson, Raymond Chandler, Ross MacDonald |

Mort: Philip Rahman

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Don

When I headed out for the tour on July 23, I knew it was birthday number 123 for Raymond Chandler, courtesy a quick blurb on The Rap Sheet. The media at large was covering the discovery of Amy Winehouse’s body earlier that … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Frisco, Lit, News | Tagged Adah Bakalinsky, Amy Winehouse, Book Collecting, Carl Jacobi, Donald Wandrei, E. Hoffmann Price, Fedogan & Bremer, Philip Rahman, Raymond Chandler, Richard L. Tierney, Robert Weinberg |

Death Lit: More on Parker

Posted on July 3, 2011 by Don

Terry Zobeck and I have been working behind the scenes to polish up some of his “pure texts” posts, in particular his first shot at it for “This King Business.” Looking it over again, Terry realized he’d left any changes … Continue reading →

Posted in Dash, Lit, News | Tagged "Corkscrew", "The Gutting of Couffignal", Ace Atkins, Jesse Stone, Pulps, pure texts, Raymond Chandler, Robert B. Parker, Spenser, Terry Zobeck, Zobeck Series One |

Hammett: Milady

Posted on June 5, 2011 by Don

If you know me, you know that I enjoy solid pieces of litcrit. Sure, a “Just the facts, ma’am” kind of article like the typical pulp fan dotes on is perfectly okay — issue, date, who painted the cover art, … Continue reading →

Posted in Dash, Lit, News | Tagged Alexandre Dumas, Barbara Leavy, Brigid O'Shaughnessy, Faye Dunaway, James Lee Burke, John Watson, Killer Nashville, Mickey Spillane, Milady de Winter, Raymond Chandler, Robert B. Parker, Ruth Rendell, Sherlock Holmes, The Three Musketeers, Walter Mosley |

Death Lit: The Black (Mask) Bird

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Don

While I’m not doing a regular crime and mystery review column any more, and you’d have a very hard time talking me into the idea again, I still manage to knock out seven or eight standalone reviews every year in … Continue reading →

Posted in Dash, Lit, News, Tour | Tagged AHMM, Big Read, Black Mask, Cornell Woolrich, Erle Stanley Gardner, Falcon from Knopf, Jo Gar, Otto Penzler, pure texts, Raoul Whitfield, Raymond Chandler |

Hammett: Playing the Sap

Posted on March 5, 2011 by Don

Take out your copy of Jo Hammett’s Dashiell Hammett: A Daughter Remembers. Turn to page 34. We’re going to be dealing with the bottom photo on that page. If you don’t have a copy of the book, this post spotlights a … Continue reading →

Posted in Dash, Frisco | Tagged "Fly Paper", Black Mask, Jack Black, Jo Hammett, Morning Call, Pinkerton's, Raymond Chandler, The Big Knockover, William S. Burroughs, You Can't Win |

Hammett: CULTur

Posted on January 16, 2011 by Don

Posted in Dash, Tour | Tagged Germany, Peter Muender, Raymond Chandler |

News: July 2009

Posted on July 1, 2009 by Webmaster

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 |

News: June 2009

Posted on June 1, 2009 by Webmaster

NO EXTRA TOURS Nothing extra kicking along the mean streets for June, but the desperate always can use an edition of the Dashiell Hammett Tour book for a self-guided prowl over the gumshoe-haunted Frisco hills. And any tours open for … Continue reading →