james.doherty@gsa.gov
25 Jun 99 09:31:00 -0400
Re ED's recent post on Hammett stories recently
uncollected:
"By 'Uncollected' I mean these have not been reprinted in The
DH Omnibus; Hellman, ed., _The Big Knockover & Other
Stories_; Steven Marcus, ed.,
_The Continental Op_ or Nolan, _The Black Mask Boys_."
Either "Arson Plus" or "Slippery Fingers" is published in
Nolan's *The Black Mask Boys*, I believe. One or the other
also appears in the Bill Pronzini-edited *Arbor House
Treasury of Detective & Mystery Stories from the Great
Pulps* (Arbor, 1983). Your list leaves out "Who Killed Bob
Teal?" which, in addition to being one of the first times,
probably *the* first time, an entry in an ongoing mystery
series featured the death of a regular supporting character
in the series, in addition to being the only Op story that
was published as, ostensibly, a true crime article rather
than a mystery short story, also was the Hammett's first use
of the
"avenging the murdered partner" theme, essentially using a
puzzle situation, and a clue which would be replicated years
later in *The Maltese Falcon*. I believe "Who Killed Bob
Teal?" was included in an obscure anthology of fact crime
articles by well-known mystery fiction writers, but the title
escapes me. Maybe somebody else on the list is familiar with
it. - Jim Doherty
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