Thirtieth Anniversary Guidebook
by Don Herron
Table of Contents
Preface: Back Where I Might Have Been by Jo Hammett Introduction: Hammett's San Francisco: On The Trail of Sam Spade by Charles Willeford
PART ONE: Dashiell Hammett: A Brief Biography
Timeline of Hammett's San Francisco ResidencesPART TWO: The Dashiell Hammett Tour
Overall Map
Walking Map #1
Driving Map #1
1. 200 Larkin: Hammett's Reading Room
2. Civic Center park: Kid's Playground
3. City Hall: Politics and Murder
4. 580 McAllister: Whosis Kid Gundown
5. Redwood Alley: Unexpected Palm Tree
6. 408 Turk: TB Flare-Up
7. 620 Eddy: Blackmasking
The Puzzle of the City Streets8. Blanco's: Dain Curse Cuisine
9. 811 Geary: Stalking Sam Spade
10. 891 Post: Sam's Place
The Puzzle of Spade and the FalconWalking Map #2
Driving Map #2
11. 1309 Hyde: Big Knockover
12. 1155 Leavenworth: Writer at Last
13. 1201 California: Brigid's PlaceThe Puzzle of the Blocked Writer
14. Dashiell Hammett Street: Street Cred
15. 20 Monroe: Ad Man
16. Stockton Tunnel: Death by Night
17. Burritt Street: Crime SceneThe Puzzle of the Billboard and the Brick
18. 111 Sutter: Spade & Archer
Walking Map #3
Driving Map #3
19. Sir Francisc Drake Hotel: Gunsel and Gutman
20. St. Francis Hotel: Fatty Arbuckle
21. Geary Theatre: Pound of Flesh
22. Clift Hotel: Sherlock Slept Here
23. Bellevue Hotel: Cairo's Place
24. Floyd Thursby's Apartment: Dead Gangster
25. 120 Ellis: Tying the Knot
26. 114 Powell: Wife to Be
27. Samuels Street Clock: Diamond Days
28. 870 Market: Pinkerton's ManThe Puzzle of the Jobs and the Years
29. John's Grill: Chop House
30. Off-Tour Hammett SitesOther Hammett Sites Map
A. Pickwick Hotel: Black Bird Hideaway
B. Old Mint: Big Knockover Inspiration?
C. Remedial Loan: Brigid Hocks Her Jewels
D. Julius Castle: Spade's Other Lunchspot
E. Waverly Place and Spofford Alley: Chinatown Action
F. Portsmouth Square: Stevenson Monument
G & H. Ferry Building and Pier 35: On the Waterfront
I. Holly Circle: Big Flora's Hideout
AFTERWORD: Notes from Thirty Years Up and Down the Mean Streets
Sources: Annotated Bibliography
Index of Streets and Addresses
Index
About the Writers
Click here for information about this book. The Dashiell Hammett Tour is the fourth title in The Ace Performer Collection, a new series of books by and about Dashiell Hammett, crowned "the ace performer" by his disciple Raymond Chandler.
8 maps, 2 illustrations, 60 photographs; 224 pages. Trade hardcover edition publication date March 16, 2009, $19.95 U.S./$24.95 Canada, Hardcover ISBN 978-0-9725898-7-1 SOLD OUT
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