I'm not sure why I'm being obstinate about this, especially
since I personally prefer the PI to the cowboy (especially in
literature, the cowboy rates a closer second in film). Must
just be in a cranky mood.
Anyway, your comments about the originality of Daly's
hardboiled private eye intrigues me. How original was his
creation? I know he beat Hammett to the punch. However, much
is made of Hammett's relying on his real experience, that the
Continental Agency is a fictionalized version of the
Pinkerton Agency. So was there really no real life corollary
to what Williams created?
From the little bit I read of Daly, a long, long time ago. he
seemed to rely a lot more on blazing guns, like the westerner
(and the mythic westerner is a far cry from the real world
cowboy, even when based on a real person like Buffalo Bill,
Wild Bil, Wyatt Earp, etc), but in an urban setting. Also, I
don't know much about the chronology of these characters, but
when was his creation in relation to the Shadow or Doc
Savage? Did these adventurers come before or after him?
Mark
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