In the novel The Girl Hunters, published by an  American book publishing company, Hammer has been living in the New York gutters for seven years until he was apprehended and taken into an undisclosed location.
E.P. Dutton E. P. Dutton was an American book publishing company. Hammer has been a drunk living in gutters around New York City for the past seven years. Then, Hammer is apprehended and taken to an undisclosed location, where he is interrogated by former friend Captain Pat Chambers. 
