tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post5168997221467466660..comments2024-03-29T00:34:36.786-05:00Comments on Book Chase: The Lady in the LakeSam http://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-45155824986676249672020-05-22T15:40:59.867-05:002020-05-22T15:40:59.867-05:00the sentinels along the Puma Lake dam are World Wa...the sentinels along the Puma Lake dam are World War. the lady taxi-driver in the Hollywood version of Big Sleep (shot in 1944) is also. barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07946211904808466133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-42226483146814868212012-02-14T17:29:06.706-06:002012-02-14T17:29:06.706-06:00Well, I'm already in my old age, James, so I&#...Well, I'm already in my old age, James, so I'm not holding any back. :-)<br /><br />You're right. It was probably still a little early in this country;s war efforts for its real impact to be felt on the homefront. I know that my father was drafted off the farm in the middle of 1943 along with two of his brothers. The pace quickened about then, I suspect.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-10905164904920583862012-02-13T20:14:17.444-06:002012-02-13T20:14:17.444-06:00I'm sort of pacing out Chandler books, so I...I'm sort of pacing out Chandler books, so I'll have 'new' ones to read in my old age. I think this one may have to wait another decade before I read it.<br /><br />You raise an interesting point about not mentioning the war. I wonder when it becomes the trend for mystery/detective novels to include current events. Seems to me neither Dashell Hammet or Raymond Chandler ever did Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06906212382849291562noreply@blogger.com