tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post7398811334299361611..comments2024-03-28T10:31:55.774-07:00Comments on The Passing Tramp: Peter on the Road to Duluth: The Surnaming of Patrick Quentin's Leading Series CharacterThe Passing Tramphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-89467551163307036442020-06-17T21:10:06.060-07:002020-06-17T21:10:06.060-07:00Thank you very much, I think these things need to ...Thank you very much, I think these things need to be looked at too. Keep reading about Peter and Iris, the series gets better and better.The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-7593503919544223692020-06-15T19:03:26.322-07:002020-06-15T19:03:26.322-07:00Just finished my first Peter Duluth book, A Puzzle...Just finished my first Peter Duluth book, A Puzzle for Fools. Thank you for this thoughtful and thought-provoking blog ... especially now.sether61https://www.blogger.com/profile/17744834927788862392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-73735993731293910752020-06-12T10:43:54.307-07:002020-06-12T10:43:54.307-07:00Hey, Mark, I was just adding about this as you com...Hey, Mark, I was just adding about this as you commented. When I came on this topic a few weeks back I read about the Dylan connection, then forgot to include it here. Thanks to all who jogged my memory. As an aside it's odd how we are confronted with another "D" surname, one deliberately adopted. Bob Dylan, from Duluth. In films Peter Duluth got changed to Peter Denver and Peter Chance, but no one tried Peter Dylan.<br /><br />I thought about including the lynching postcard here, but people can easily find it on the net if they want. It's a little revolting for a vintage mystery blog, probably. Such photos tell us more about the people poising for them than they ever imagined.The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-13176476443686262352020-06-12T10:05:43.083-07:002020-06-12T10:05:43.083-07:00It has been suggested that the line "They'...It has been suggested that the line "They're selling postcards of the hanging" in Bob Dylan's Desolation Row refers to the Duluth lynchings of 1920. I believe the main reason behind the idea is that Dylan was from Minnesota and there were postcards of the lynched bodies sold there. There may be more to it than that. Mark McGlonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10208359156193723805noreply@blogger.com