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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.
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.
Complete order of Dashiell Hammett books in Publication Order and Chronological Order.
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 ...
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.
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.
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...
Dashiell Hammett has 520 books on Goodreads with 431384 ratings. Dashiell Hammett’s most popular book is The Maltese Falcon.
Sep 14, 2018 · Dashiell Hammett. In a 1929 interview with the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Dashiell Hammett described his first attempts at “breadwinning.”. After dropping out of Baltimore Polytechnic Institute at 14, he worked as a messenger boy for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, then as a junior clerk (“very junior”) in an advertising office, a ...
The Thin Man. The Thin Man (1934) is a detective novel by Dashiell Hammett, originally published in a condensed version in the December 1933 issue of Redbook. It appeared in book form the following month. A film series followed, featuring the main characters Nick and Nora Charles, and Hammett was hired to provide scripts for the first two.
