tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443515033089669860.post901411872094762465..comments2024-03-27T13:26:32.587-07:00Comments on Mystery Fanfare: Dashiell Hammett & the Missing Clue: Guest post by Nathan WardJanet Rudolphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07395834961880172395noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443515033089669860.post-41296447211473586112015-10-12T16:14:30.495-07:002015-10-12T16:14:30.495-07:00My own hope is that they are in a corporate archiv...My own hope is that they are in a corporate archive somewhere, since Pinkerton reports often became the property of the client, especially in sensitive cases such as strike work as Hammett probably was doing.N.C. W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03384050721337194754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443515033089669860.post-7167739343845739412015-10-12T08:14:35.299-07:002015-10-12T08:14:35.299-07:00The Pinkerton Corporation is alive and well: http:...The Pinkerton Corporation is alive and well: http://www.pinkerton.com/history, and they donated their papers to the National Archive, more info here: http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2000/00-074.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443515033089669860.post-91042051105117523312015-10-09T13:44:09.788-07:002015-10-09T13:44:09.788-07:00Gotta love research. Hmm. Would there be any way t...Gotta love research. Hmm. Would there be any way to find out what happened to the Pinkerton Agency? I can't help but wonder if the missing reports are stashed in an office somewhere and no ones knows they're there. It's happened before.Anne Louise Bannonhttp://annelouisebannon.com/blogsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443515033089669860.post-86799762407837100622015-09-22T08:20:34.132-07:002015-09-22T08:20:34.132-07:00We know he read & loved Mark Twain's Life ...We know he read & loved Mark Twain's Life on the Mississippi, because that's where we first meet the Femme Fatale. Mark Twain wrote “Life on the Mississippi” in 1883.<br /><br />In Chapter 43 of that great book we find:<br /><br />“And there's one thing in this world which you don't have to worry around after a person to get him to pay for. And that's a coffin. Undertaking?--why it's the dead-surest business in Christendom, and the nobbiest.” <br /><br />A few lines later, Twain has a character saying:<br />“’D'ye mane to soy that Bridget O'Shaughnessy bought the mate to that joo-ul box to ship that drunken divil to Purgatory in?’”<br /><br />Hiding jewels in a coffin, hmmm.<br />Fred Zackelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443515033089669860.post-7783025878401761522015-09-21T09:26:01.101-07:002015-09-21T09:26:01.101-07:00I really liked this, not just for the details re: ...I really liked this, not just for the details re: Hammett but also for the account of Nathan Ward's research process. Thank you!JEShttp://johnesimpson.comnoreply@blogger.com