The Dashiell Hammett Tour, de Don Herron

Don Herron. The Dashiell Hammett Tour. Preface by Jo Hammett; introduction by Charles Willeford; maps by Mike Humbert. San Francisco: Vince Emery, 2009. ISBN: 978-0-9725898-7-1

Don Herron's The Dashiell Hammett Tour guides you 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.

• See every known place where Hammett lived in the City.
• Visit the majority of settings from The Maltese Falcon.
• Prowl back alleys where the Continental Op fought hard-boiled crooks with a blazing .38.
• Shadow Sam Spade in his quest for a mysterious black bird.
• Follow Hammett himself as he works for the Pinkerton's Detective Agency on the infamous Fatty Arbuckle case.
• See the spot where Spade's partner Miles Archer met his swift death in the might-fog.

This thirtieth-anniversary edition includes a new preface by Jo Hammett and an introduction by best-selling author Charles Wulleford. Herron sets the stage with a concise overview of Hammett and his works. The tour sections include 8 maps for self-guided walking or driving tours, step-by-step directions, detailed descriptions of 40 sites, and dozens of photos showing mysterious sites then and now.