On 23 April 2001, Mark Coggins wrote:
: 1) Hammett's daughter, Josephine Hammett Marshall
: 2) Hammett's granddaughter, Julie Rivett
: 3) Joe Gores
: 4) Don Herron (author of the Dashiell Hammett Tour)
: 5) Richard Layman (one of Hammett's biographers and
co-editor of the New
: Black Mask series)
What were they all like? I've seen Jo Hammett on TV and she
seemed very pleasant. How old is the granddaughter?
: - There are about 600 more letters that didn't make it into
the book.
600! I hope they were very dull.
: - The daughter of Peggy O'Toole (model for Brigid
O'Shaughnessy) is
: still alive and she remembers seeing about 20 letters
Hammett wrote
: her mother. I guess only a few remain.
Who was Peggy O'Toole? I don't think I've heard of her
before. I wonder how closely Miss O'Shaughnessy was modeled
on her. Might not be something you wanted to brag
about.
Thanks for the report. I'm looking forward to picking up the
Hammett letters.
Bill
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