Articles About And By William F. Nolan
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THE ARMCHAIR DETECTIVE - Volume 5, Number 1. October, 1971.
Contains Nolan's letter "From William F. Nolan" (1st) pages  42-43. a general letter that also discusses his book "Space For Hire." [M31]
THE ARMCHAIR DETECTIVE - Volume 5, Number 3. April, 1972
Contains Nolan's letter "From William F. Nolan" (1st) pages 183-184. Discusses in detail the January 1972 issue and the selection of Elliot Gould to play the next Phillip Marlowe in a film version of "The Long Goodbye." [M33]
THE ARMCHAIR DETECTIVE - Volume 5, Number 4. July, 1972
Contains Nolan's profile "Thoughts On Fredric Brown" (1st) pages191-193. Also contains Bill's checklist "The Published Books of Fredric Brown" (1st) page 193 and Bill's letter "From William F. Nolan" (1st) pages 253-254, which talks about speeding up the process of the A-Z author/book listings in TAD, Leigh Brackets screenplay "The Long Goodbye," and of course Raymond Chandler. [D138] [F116] [M34]
THE ARMCHAIR DETECTIVE - Volume 6, Number 1. October, 1972
Contains Nolan's letter "From William F. Nolan" (1st) pages 54-55 where he discusses the work of Donald E. Westlake and Dashiell Hammett. [M35]
THE ARMCHAIR DETECTIVE - Volume 6, Number 2. February, 1973
Contains Nolan's letter "From William F. Nolan" (1st) pages 122-123. Bill takes with great exception a letter from William R. Loeser in a previous issue calling it at best ill conceived and at worst asinine.  [M36]
THE ARMCHAIR DETECTIVE - Volume 6, Number 3. May, 1973
Contains Nolan's letter "From William F. Nolan" (1st) pages 202-203. An interesting letter where Bill hatches the idea of a mystery magazine bibliography. He also talks about his life-long  interest in Frederic Faust, who was Max Brand. [M38]
THE ARMCHAIR DETECTIVE - Volume 6, Number 4. August, 1973
Contains Nolan's checklist "The Hammett Checklist Revisited" (1st) pages 249-254. Also carries a letter from Bill "From William F. Nolan" (1st) pages 272-273 where he talks extensively about Carroll John Daly and supplies a checklist. He also covers current projects of his own and their status. [F120] [M39]
THE ARMCHAIR DETECTIVE - Volume 8, Number 2. February, 1975
Contains Bill's bibliography "Shadowing the Continental Op" (1st) pages 121-123. An amazing letter from Bill on Dashiell Hammett where he lists not only all of the Continental Op stories by their magazine appearances, but also the books they were collected into. A 2½-page letter bibliography. [F128]
THE ARMCHAIR DETECTIVE - Volume 9, Number 1. November, 1975
Contains Nolan's letter "From William F. Nolan" (1st) pages 78-79. A full-page letter discussion on Bill's work on Dashiell Hammett. [M41]
THE ARMCHAIR DETECTIVE - Volume 9, Number 4. October, 1976
Contains Bill's article-biography "Revisiting the Revisited Hammett Checklist" (1st) pages 292-295, 324-329. Also contains Bill's letter "From William F. Nolan" (1st) pages 297-298 in which he discusses and lists some newly discovered "Adventure of Sam Spade" radio-broadcasts. [F137] [M42]
THE ARMCHAIR DETECTIVE - Volume 10, Number 3. July, 1977
Contains Bill's letter "From William F. Nolan" (1st) pages 274-275. He discusses Volume 10, Number 2 at length as well as Richard Laymon, and Dashiell Hammett. [M46]
THE ARMCHAIR DETECTIVE - Volume 11, Number 2. April, 1978
Contains Bill's letter "From William F. Nolan" (1st) pages 109, 205. here Bill gives praise to the previous TAD issue as well as to at length discuss Marvin Lachman's article "Mystery Territory of Southern California." Bill calls Southern California the "Terrain of Imagination," and he thanks Robert Kirsch of the Los Angeles Times for his support of Bill's "Challis" novels. [M49]
THE ARMCHAIR DETECTIVE - Volume 11, Number 4. October, 1978
Contains Bill's letter "From William F. Nolan" (1st) pages 400-401. Bill talks at length about Dashiell Hammett and his Bart Challis books. [M52]
THE ARMCHAIR DETECTIVE - Volume 12, Number 4. Fall, 1979
Contains Bill's letter "From William F. Nolan" (1st) page 353. A full-page letter discussing the Winter 1979 issue as well as the screen adaptation of "Space For Hire." [M54]
THE ARMCHAIR DETECTIVE - Volume 13, Number 1. Winter, 1980
Contains Bills "The Black Mask Boys Go Legit" in which Bill reviews "Dashiell Hammett: A Descriptive Bibliography" by Richard Laymon, and "Raymond Chandler: A Descriptive Bibliography" by Mathew J. Bruccoli (1st's) pages 23-24. [E36]
THE ARMCHAIR DETECTIVE - Volume 14, Number 1. Winter, 1981
Contains Bill's letter "From William F. Nolan" (1st) pages 72-73. Bill gives a full-page biography of Raoul Whitfield. [M59]
THE ARMCHAIR DETECTIVE - Volume 15, Number 2. Summer, 1982
Contains a review by Bill of the book "The Man Who Died Twice" by Samuel Peeples in the "Retro Review" section (1st) page 155. Also carries a letter by Bill "From William F. Nolan" (1st) page 178 where he talks about his new Hammett biography and the previous issue of TAD. [E37] [M60]
THE ARMCHAIR DETECTIVE - Volume 17, Number 2. Spring, 1984
Contains Bill's profile "Lost Among the Black Mask Boys" (1st) pages 137-141. Also carries "A Horace McCoy Checklist" (1st) pages 141-143.  [D158] [F183]
THE ARMCHAIR DETECTIVE - Volume 17, Number 4. Fall, 1984
Contains Bills article-bibliography "A Decade of Dash: The Further Adventures of the Hammett Checklist" (1st) pages 360-367. [F186]
THE ARMCHAIR DETECTIVE - Volume 17, Number 1. Winter, 1984
Contains Nolan's review "Setting the Facts Straight on Dashiell Hammett A Life" (1st) pages 35-38. [E38]
THE ARMCHAIR DETECTIVE - Volume 18, Number 1. Winter, 1985
Contains Bill's article-bibliography "Charles Beaumont: A Bibliographic Note and a Checklist" (1st) pages 41-46. Also contains a letter "From William F. Nolan"  (1st) pages 98. A general letter discussing TAD Volume 17, Number 2, and Otto Penzler. [F205] [M62]
THE ARMCHAIR DETECTIVE - Volume 19, Number 3. Summer, 1986
Contains Bill's reviews of "Private Eyes: 101 Knights" by Robert Baker & Michael T. Nietzel and "The American Private Eye: The Image In Fiction" by David Geherin (1st's) pages 315-317. Also carries a letter "From William F. Nolan" (1st) pages 329-330 where he talks about some corrections to TAD Volume 18, Number 4, and Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler. [E39] [M63]
THE ARMCHAIR DETECTIVE  - Volume 22, Number 1. Winter, 1989
Contains Nolan's review of "In Manors and Alleys: A Casebook on the American Detective Film" by Jon Tuska (1st) pages 71-72. Also contains Bill's letter "From William F. Nolan" (1st) page 100, which is a biographical portrait of Erle Stanley Gardner. This letter is listed as a profile [D176] and also as a letter [M64] in TWOWFN. The official listing will be retained as a letter, as it appears as such in Armchair Detective. [E40] [M64]
THE ARMCHAIR DETECTIVE - Volume 27, Number 4. Fall, 1994
Contains Bill's article "The Black Mask Boys In The '20s And '30s: A Year-By-Year Parallel Look At The Early Fiction Of Erle Stanley Gardner, Dashiell Hammett And Raymond Chandler" (1st) pages 408-416. [D197]
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