The Dashiell Hammett Tour

Thirtieth Anniversary Guidebook (The Ace Performer Collection series)

By Herron, Don & Hammett, Jo & Willeford, Charles Ray

Publishers Summary:
Expanded and revised, this 30th-anniversary edition guides readers over the fog-shrouded hills stalked by Sam Spade, the Continental Op, and other legendary characters created by San Francisco’s most famous mystery writer, Dashiell Hammett. Detailing locations of interest, including all of Hammett’s known residences and the majority of settings from The Maltese Falcon, this guidebook contains maps, self-guided tours, and photographs of Hammett-related locations from both then and now. A new preface by Jo Hammett, the detective writer’s daughter and Edgar Award–nominated writer, is also included.

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ISBN
978-0-97258-987-1
Publisher
Vince Emery Productions


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Library Journal

Reviewed on March 6, 2009

Hammett fans, whether or not they have taken the Dashiell Hammett walking tour that Herron has been conducting in San Francisco since 1977, will welcome this 30th anniversay edition of the guidebook. Herron has a deep reservoir of knowledge of the life of the father of the hard-boiled detective genre, as suggested by the biographical essay that constitutes part one. Part two lays out the itinerary of...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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