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Samuel Dashiell Hammett (/ ˈ d æ ʃ ə l ˈ h æ m ɪ t / DASH-əl HAM-it; 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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Jul 8, 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 ...
Aug 10, 2022 · That’s a set of standards to aspire to. To be guided and inspired by. That’s what makes Hammett’s five crime novels the five best works to measure ourselves against. Red Harvest. “I first heard Personville called Poisonville by a red-haired mucker named Hickey Dewey in the Big Ship in Butte.
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...
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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.
Dashiell Hammett has 527 books on Goodreads with 434851 ratings. Dashiell Hammett’s most popular book is The Maltese Falcon.
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.
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