By Robb on Sunday, February 29, 2004 - 11:01 pm:
CUBA LIBRE
FORTY LASHES LESS ONE

Yuma Prison, Hell-Hole on the Bluff, is mentioned in both books. It’s mentioned in a lot of the westerns. Mr. Rynning was the superintendent of Yuma in 40 LASHES. He was away checking out the new prison replacing Yuma. Mr. Rinning of the Hell-Hole on the Bluff is mentioned in CUBA LIBRE. He was also the superintendent.

Different spelling in the paperbacks. Probably the same person.

By Straw on Wednesday, March 03, 2004 - 10:55 am:
The last line of “Stick” is: Stick thought “There you are”. In Swag, Frank Ryan’s favorite expression was “Well. Here we are”. I liked how Elmore gives a salute to the late Frank Ryan by ending “Stick” with those words.

By Robb on Thursday, March 04, 2004 - 11:04 am:
UNKNOWN MAN #89 - Chapter 11
Harlan County is mentioned.

THE MOONSHINE WAR - Chapter 2
Frank Long, the Prohibition agent, grew up in Harlan County before he joined the army and served with Son Martin.

REPOST: Tuesday, November 26, 2002

THE HUNTED
David E. Davis, the marine, was born in Harlan County, Kentucky.

PRONTO/RIDING THE RAP/FIRE IN THE HOLE
Raylan Givens is from Harlan, Kentucky. It is the setting for FIRE IN THE HOLE

By Straw on Wednesday, March 03, 2004 - 10:55 am:
The last line of “Stick” is: Stick thought “There you are”. In Swag, Frank Ryan’s favorite expression was “Well. Here we are”. I liked how Elmore gives a salute to the late Frank Ryan by ending “Stick” with those words.

By Robb on Sunday, February 29, 2004 - 11:01 pm:
CUBA LIBRE
FORTY LASHES LESS ONE

Yuma Prison, Hell-Hole on the Bluff, is mentioned in both books. It’s mentioned in a lot of the westerns. Mr. Rynning was the superintendent of Yuma in 40 LASHES. He was away checking out the new prison replacing Yuma. Mr. Rinning of the Hell-Hole on the Bluff is mentioned in CUBA LIBRE. He was also the superintendent.

Different spelling in the paperbacks. Probably the same person.

By Straw on Wednesday, March 03, 2004 - 10:55 am:
The last line of “Stick” is: Stick thought “There you are”. In Swag, Frank Ryan’s favorite expression was “Well. Here we are”. I liked how Elmore gives a salute to the late Frank Ryan by ending “Stick” with those words.

By Robb on Thursday, March 04, 2004 - 11:04 am:
UNKNOWN MAN #89 - Chapter 11
Harlan County is mentioned.

THE MOONSHINE WAR - Chapter 2
Frank Long, the Prohibition agent, grew up in Harlan County before he joined the army and served with Son Martin.

REPOST: Tuesday, November 26, 2002

THE HUNTED
David E. Davis, the marine, was born in Harlan County, Kentucky.

PRONTO/RIDING THE RAP/FIRE IN THE HOLE
Raylan Givens is from Harlan, Kentucky. It is the setting for FIRE IN THE HOLE.

By Robb on Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 10:30 am:
Harry Dean Stanton is mentioned in BE COOL and “Tenkiller.”

Is he in any other books?

It would be great if he showed up again . . .

By Cosmo* on Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 02:45 pm:
I think Harry Dean was mentioned in Maximum Bob.
I got to work with Harry Dean and he is a big fan of Elmore Leonard, so is John Goodman.

By Robb on Friday, March 26, 2004 - 10:03 pm:
Same Name Touchstone - FREAKY DEAKY and MAXIMUM BOB

Skip Gibbs is the bombing 60’s radical in FREAKY DEAKY.

Bob Gibbs is MAXIMUM BOB.

By Robb on Friday, March 26, 2004 - 10:31 pm:
FREAKY DEAKY - OUT OF SIGHT - TISHOMINGO BLUES
Booker, the guy that sits on the chair with dynamite and ends up getting blown up in FREAKY DEAKY, was once in Young Boys Inc.

REPOST: JohnnyMoreno on November 04, 2003 - -
When Glenn goes to meet Snoopy Miller in Detroit in OUT OF SIGHT, Snoopy is telling Glenn about the sights and how he was affiliated when he was younger with a group of kids called Young Boys Inc.

Robert Taylor from TISHOMINO BLUES also was in Young Boys Inc. when he started the street life.

By Straw on Thursday, May 06, 2004 - 09:07 am:
Found another reference to Elmore’s strong dislike for adverbs. In “Freaky Deaky”, Robin talks about the books she has written as being “full of rape and adverbs”. In “Split Images”, Angela Nolan is discussing writing her book on wealthy people with Bryan Hurd. She says, “It would have to be straight impressions without cute asides. And no adverbs.”

By beerman on Thursday, May 06, 2004 - 01:25 pm:
I don’t know if this one was mentioned but Linda Moon in Be Cool said she talked the original in Miami who was now Linda Mora and had several kids

By beerman on Thursday, May 06, 2004 - 01:26 pm:
shoot, Linda Moon from Glitz was the original

By Straw on Monday, May 24, 2004 - 01:12 pm:
In “Unknown Man #89”, Virgil Royal, Tunafish and Raymond Gidre all get killed at Watts’ Club Mozambique. Early on in “The Switch”, we learn that Ordell Robbie and Louis Gara met for the first time at Watts’ Club Mozambique. Louis was tapping his swizzel stick to Groove Holmes’ beat and Ordell said, “My man, we don’t go to your clubs and fuck with the beat, do we?”