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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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Tag Archives: Literary World of San Francisco
Frisco Beat: Lit World of San Francisco Now Podcasted
If you missed the live transmission of my interview on BFF.fm a month ago, it is now in an archive and ready to be listened to. One minute short of two hours, most of the chatter concerns my book The … Continue reading
Posted in Frisco, Lit, News
Tagged Amazon, Beau Jocque, BFF.fm, Literary World of San Francisco, R.J. Mischo
Frisco Beat: October 4, On Air with Burrito Justice
On Tuesday October 4 I drop into the studio from noon to 2p.m. for an episode of the Burrito Justice Show, a.k.a. the Burrito Justice League — I believe Burrito himself will be on the control panel and Nicole Gluckstern … Continue reading
Posted in Frisco, Lit, News, SFSC, Tour
Tagged Alex Haley, Burrito Justice, Fritz Leiber Tour, Jan Kerouac, literary streets, Literary World of San Francisco, Nicole Gluckstern, Richard Henry Dana
Frisco Beat: Lit World Has Its Fans
Shot above — sales table at the Mechanics’ Library talk — shot at bottom, foreground: Nathan Ward and Vince Emery somewhere in the process of getting an inscription put into The Lost Detective — background: me talking to a guy … Continue reading
Posted in Frisco, Lit, Willeford
Tagged Literary World of San Francisco, Mechanics' Library, Nathan Ward, Vince Emery
Frisco Beat: Top of the Heap!
The Literary World of San Francisco — as I’ve been reporting — is still no.2 on the Amazon bestseller list for travel books about San Francisco as I check the stats today, but yesterday for about 4 hours muscled it’s … Continue reading
Posted in Frisco, Lit, News
Tagged Amazon, Arthur Machen, Book Collecting, Brian Leno, David Drake, John D. Squires, Karl Edward Wagner, Literary World of San Francisco, Lovecraft, M. P. Shiel
Frisco Beat: Definitely a Bestseller
The other day I recorded that my long-out-of-print title The Literary World of San Francisco had hit the no.10 spot on Amazon’s list of bestselling travel books about SF. From there it drifted down the rungs to the 20s and a … Continue reading
Frisco Beat: Kind of a Bestseller
Okay, this scenario kills me — but in a good way. Remember when I noticed that my long out-of-print title The Literary World of San Francisco had just hit no.97 on the Amazon bestseller list for travel books about SF? … Continue reading
Rediscovered: Lost Books of the Amazon
After who knows how many years of goofing off, I finally got around to getting my Author Page on Amazon looking pretty. Some photos, a basic blurb, updates fed in from this blog — and a few but by no means all … Continue reading
Posted in Frisco, Lit, News
Tagged Alfa Romeo Club, Amazon, Hammett Tour Book, Kindle, Literary World of San Francisco, North Beach
Rediscovered: Literary Homes, on the Block
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
Tour: The Last Cheap Walk
A guy hauling in from England just gave me a month’s advance notice, so if you want to join him, the next walk open to anyone who wants to show up is set for Sunday April 7, noon start at … Continue reading
Posted in Frisco, News, Tour
Tagged Hammett Tour Book, Literary World of San Francisco, Stockton tunnel