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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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Includes the first “Mr. Hunt” story, “Knives in the Dark.”
Tag Archives: “The Whosis Kid”
Hammett: And More “Pickup”
Today Evan Lewis digs deeper into the newsprint archives of yesteryear. Recently he spotlighted an appearance of “Pickup” (a.k.a. “The Whosis Kid”) in a Philly paper. “This time,” Evan says, “we present stuff from the Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph (July 1936), The Camden Courier-Post (Dec. 1938) … Continue reading
Hammett: Pickup
Stuff Terry Zobeck covered in the halcyon days of yesteryear keeps circulating around. Remember his post about “lost” Hammett stories, including such rogue titles as “Pickup” in Saturday Home Magazine? And follow-up posts about Hammett tales getting reprinted in god-knows-how-many … Continue reading
Posted in Dash, News
Tagged "Pick-Up", "The Tenth Clew", "The Whosis Kid", Evan Lewis, Frederic Dannay, newspaper action, Terry Zobeck
Posse McMillan: DMac vs. Zombies
While I think the actual life of Dennis McMillan is interesting enough, especially if you’ve got your noir or absurd on, I realised awhile back that a shadow life of Dennis in fiction was developing — don’t know for certain if it … Continue reading
Posted in DMac, Lit
Tagged "The Whosis Kid", Book Collecting, Charles Fischer, Gary Phillips, George Pelecanos, Measures of Poison, Michael Connelly
Hammett: Coining “The Continental Op”
Was it Cap Shaw? Was it some unheralded editorial assistant? Terry Zobeck plunged into his Black Mask collection to check on who first used the coinage “The Continental Op” to describe Hammett’s short fat Frisco sleuth. That’s with a capital … Continue reading
Posted in Dash, Frisco, Lit, News
Tagged "Death and Company", "Pick-Up", "The Farewell Murder", "The Whosis Kid", Black Mask, Cap Shaw, Frederic Dannay, Including Murder, Pulps, Terry Zobeck, The Dain Curse
Hammett: Before Dannay. . .
Our frequent Guest Blogger Terry Zobeck returns with a fresh discovery in his investigation into how Frederic Dannay edited Hammett’s short stories for paperback publication, decades ago. Hey, you jump into the pool, you can dive deeper — and deeper. Take it, … Continue reading
Hammett: Lost Stories, Found
After his first Guest Blogger spot, tracking down the pure text for Hammett’s Continental Op yarn “This King Business,” Terry Zobeck returns with another Adventure in Collecting. Here’s Terry: Ever since I read Richard Layman’s 1981 Hammett biography Shadow Man, and … Continue reading
Posted in Dash, Frisco, Lit, News
Tagged "A Tale of Two Women", "Another Perfect Crime", "Death and Company", "First Aide to Murder", "The Farewell Murder", "The Judge Laughed Last", "The Man Who Loved Ugly Women", "The Whosis Kid", "Women Politics and Murder", Experience, Mike Humbert, newspaper action, Richard Layman, Saturday Home Magazine, SF Examiner, Terry Zobeck, Valentine, Vince Emery
