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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: Clint Eastwood
Rediscovered: Endless Autographs
The steady flow of autograph materials over the last few days has plunged Autograph Hound Brian Leno even deeper into John Hancockian reveries, but then he’s never quite free of such musings. . . . “Of course I’ve been reading … Continue reading
Posted in Lit
Tagged Autographs, Brian Leno, Clint Eastwood, PKD, R. Faraday Nelson, Ray Bradbury, Ray Faraday Nelson, Roy Batty, Selected Letters of PKD
Hammett: Via the Film Buff Lens
A Mean Streets tip from Brian Wallace took me over to Paste Monthly and an article on Hammett with a heavy emphasis on movies pulled from Hammett’s work — such as Mifune doing a Samurai version of the Op. If … Continue reading
Posted in Dash, Film
Tagged Bogie, Brian Wallace, Clint Eastwood, Doc Holliday, Mifune, Paste Monthly
Sinister Cinema: La Cuidad Maldita
Previously on this blog, our pal from Spain — Dr. Jesús Ángel González López — tipped the Up and Down These Mean Streets community to the existence of a movie version of Hammett’s Red Harvest that many — probably most — of … Continue reading
Sinister Cinema: What Ever Happened to Lee Van Cleef?
Okay, you keystroke the term Spaghetti Western, you’re pretty much going to start thinking about Lee Van Cleef. How could you not? After prepping the post about La Cuidad Maldita, Van Cleef’s image drifted to mind, one thing led to another, and … Continue reading
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
Frisco Beat: Tad Dorgan at Poly
Cartoonist Tad Dorgan’s name continues gumshoeing Up and Down These Mean Streets. San Francisco native. Pal of black heavyweight champ Jack Johnson. Credited with coining the term “hot-dog” in 1906— though I see that claim has been debunked (if I learn … Continue reading
Rediscovered: The Shadow of PulpFest
What do you think, in the photo above shot on the May 8, 2011 tour, I look more like The Shadow and Mike Chomko, swathed in blue, looks more like Superman, right? My hands float, missing the comforting weight of fully-loaded … Continue reading
Posted in Frisco, Lit, News, Tour
Tagged Bill Blackbeard, Clint Eastwood, Dirty Harry, Doctor Sax, Evan Lewis, Jack Kerouac, Mike Chomko, PulpFest, Pulps, Tenderloin, The Shadow, Walter Gibson, X-9
