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Samuel Dashiell Hammett (/ ˌ d æ ʃ ə l ˈ h æ m ɪ t /; May 27, 1894 – January 10, 1961) was an American writer of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories. He was also a screenwriter and political activist.
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May 23, 2024 · Dashiell Hammett was an American writer who created the hard-boiled school of detective fiction. (See detective story; hard-boiled fiction). Hammett left school at 13 and worked at a variety of low-paying jobs before working eight years as a detective for the Pinkerton agency.
Dec 30, 2003 · Hammett spent his early twenties working as a detective in San Francisco before enlisting in the army during World War I. He became a sergeant in the Motor Ambulance Corp, where he contracted ...
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May 14, 2018 · Widely considered the father of hard-boiled detective fiction, Hammett is also more than a crime writer, according to many critics, including Layman. "Hammett transcended the boundaries of detective fiction in his best work and displayed a stunning talent," Layman further explained to Rogers.
Mar 8, 2011 · 50 Years After His Death, A New Thrill From Hammett. Talk Of The Town Again: Dashiell Hammett and Lillian Hellman hold down a table at the 21 Club on New Year's Eve 1944. Hammett, who died in...
Feb 3, 2002 · At a party in Hollywood in the spring of 1935, Dashiell Hammett was asked by Gertrude Stein to solve a literary mystery.
Samuel Dashiell Hammett authored hardboiled novels and short stories. He created Sam Spade ( The Maltese Falcon ), Nick and Nora Charles ( The Thin Man ), and the Continental Op ( Red Harvest and The Dain Curse ) among the enduring characters.
May 27, 2022 · Dashiell Hammett, “Creeping Siamese”. “During the twenties and thirties I lived in various cities large and small, and saw a good deal of gambling and corruption. But I didn’t get a picture of the way cities were run until I found the novels of Dashiell Hammett.
Dashiell Hammett has 520 books on Goodreads with 430834 ratings. Dashiell Hammett’s most popular book is The Maltese Falcon.
