Tag Archives: Zane Grey

Rediscovered: Random John Hancocks

Posted on January 31, 2026 by Don

Autograph Hound Saturday again, and the maniacal Autograph Hound Brian Leno has been digging around in his trove, reminding himself of what he’s got. “The Intruder by Beaumont is interesting,” Brian says, “because the dust jacket is signed by William … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Lit | Tagged Autographs, Brian Leno, Charles Beaumont, George Clayton Johnson, Roger Corman, Twilight zone, William F. Nolan, William Shatner, Zane Grey |

Two-Gun Bob: Men, Women, Jungles and Chain Mail Bikinis

Posted on June 10, 2014 by Don

In Round One of his review of Conan Meets the Academy, Brian Leno padded into the ring, finding that editor Jonas Prida has a highly breakable glass jaw in the arena of Howard Studies, because he can’t seem to tell much … Continue reading →

Posted in REH | Tagged Ben P. Indick, Brian Leno, Conan, Conan Meets the Academy, Daniel Weiss, Fritz Leiber, Glenn Lord, Jeffrey Shanks, Jonas Prida, L. Sprague de Camp, Paul Shovlin, Professor Frank Coffman, Steve Eng, The Cimmerian, The Dark Barbarian, Winter Elliot, Zane Grey |

Rediscovered: Literary Homes, on the Block

Posted on June 2, 2014 by Don

Surfing around in Bill Crider’s Pop Culture blog the other day, I noticed a link to an article about no less than eight literary homes being up for sale at the moment. I’d seen separate articles about Ray Bradbury’s long … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Lit, News | Tagged Al Pacino, Bill Crider, Brian De Palma, Elizabeth Bishop, Fritz Leiber, literary homes, Literary World of San Francisco, Norman Mailer, Ray Bradbury, Scarface, Thomas Mann, Zane Grey, Zane Grey Pueblo |

Hammett: The Big 88

Posted on June 28, 2012 by Don

My spies out there in the world, always keeping an eye on the news, have alerted me to the latest honor for the author who makes The Dashiell Hammett Tour the rollicking fun ride that it is: Hammett’s Red Harvest has … Continue reading →

Posted in Dash, Lit, News, SFSC | Tagged "Zigzags of Treachery", Allen Ginsberg, Becky London, Ben Franklin, Brian Leno, City Lights, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Jack Kerouac, Jack London, Jan Kerouac, Jo Hammett, John Carter, Library of Congress, literary graves, Randy Shilts, Ray Bradbury, Red Harvest, Zane Grey |

Rediscovered: Further Smackdown for Zane Grey!

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Don

Who knew that my brief account of visiting the Zane Grey Pueblo on Santa Catalina would rouse my occasional Guest Blogger Brian Leno to relive a dreaded literary memory, and follow me into the ring to beat up some on … Continue reading →

Posted in Lit, REH | Tagged August Derleth, Brian Leno, Cynthia Anne Parker, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Frederick Russell Burnham, Graham-Tewksbury Feud, H. L. Mencken, H. Rider Haggard, Lovecraft, Mormons, Nook, Pleasant Valley War, Quanah Parker, Real West, Robert E. Howard Library, Sax Rohmer, Steve Eng, The Dark Barbarian, Tom Horn, Zane Grey, Zane Grey Pueblo |

Two-Gun Bob: The Shadow of Zane Grey

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Don

In the section on Robert E. Howard’s Library in The Dark Barbarian from 1984, Steve Eng pointed out that “A look at the volumes of poetry may discover lines that are echoed in Howard’s verse.” True enough. And you also … Continue reading →

Posted in Lit, REH | Tagged August Derleth, Charles Siringo, John Wesley Hardin, Kindle, Robert E. Howard Library, Steve Eng, Tevis Clyde Smith, The Dark Barbarian, Zane Grey, Zane Grey Pueblo |

Rediscovered: Zane Grey on Kindle

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Don

A couple of years ago I got a Kindle as a gift from Vince Emery, so I could check out how The Dashiell Hammett Tour book looked in that format — now, suddenly, highly ironic. On my own, I probably … Continue reading →

Posted in Lit, REH | Tagged Billy the Kid, Doc Holliday, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Elmore Leonard, Fu-Manchu, Hammett Tour Book, James Fenimore Cooper, James Reasoner, Kindle, Robert E. Howard Library, Sax Rohmer, Steve Eng, The Dark Barbarian, Vince Emery, Zane Grey, Zane Grey Pueblo |

Rediscovered: Zane Grey

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Don

My recent trip down to Musso & Frank and the link yesterday to my guidebook The Literary World of San Francisco remind me that I’ve been meaning to blurb the Zane Grey Pueblo Hotel on Catalina Island for awhile now. I’ve … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Lit, REH, Willeford | Tagged Donald Sidney-Fryer, literary homes, Literary World of San Francisco, Musso & Frank, Zane Grey, Zane Grey Pueblo |

Mort: HPL, 75 Years Ago Today

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Don

How about another chunk out of the long essay “Conan the Argonaut” by me and Morgan Holmes to commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the death of H. P. Lovecraft? Straight from the word doc, pretty self-explanatory: After the First … Continue reading →