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Dashiell Hammett

American writer of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories. Among the characters he created are Sam Spade (The Maltese Falcon), Nick and Nora Charles (The Thin Man), The Continental Op (Red Harvest and The Dain Curse) and the comic strip character Secret Agent X-9.

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American writer

Born 1894-05-27
Died 1961-01-10

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  • Cover of: The Maltese falcon.
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    Cover of edition demaltezervalk0000hamm Cover of edition isbn_9788535901153 Cover of edition halconmaltesel0000dash Cover of edition maltesefalcon0000dash_l8s6 Cover of edition bwb_O7-BTR-340 Cover of edition maltesefalcon000hamm Cover of edition maltesefalcon0000hamm Cover of edition maltesefalcon200hamm Cover of edition maltesefalcon100hamm First published in 1929 — 89 editions
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  • Cover of: Arson Plus Illustrated

    First published in 2021 — 59 editions
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  • Cover of: Thin Man
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    Cover of edition thinman0000hamm_l2r6 Cover of edition thinman0000unse Cover of edition thinmanbraille00hamm Cover of edition thinman0000hamm_u8p7 Cover of edition thinman0000hamm_n9p8 Cover of edition thinman0000hamm_r9z1 Cover of edition thinman00hamm Cover of edition thinman0000hamm First published in 1934 — 39 editions
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  • Cover of: The Dain curse
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    Cover of edition daincurse00hamm Cover of edition daincurse0000hamm First published in 1929 — 39 editions
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  • Cover of: The Glass Key
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    Cover of edition lacledeverre0000hamm Cover of edition lacledeverre0000hamm_u6s5 Cover of edition glasskey00dash Cover of edition glasskey00hamm Cover of edition glasskey0000hamm_p0i1 First published in 1931 — 32 editions
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  • Cover of: Red Harvest.
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    First published in 1929 — 29 editions
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  • Cover of: The continental op
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    Cover of edition continentalop00hamm Cover of edition continentalop00hamm Cover of edition continentalop0000hamm First published in 1974 — 16 editions
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  • Cover of: Complete novels
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    Cover of edition dashiellhammettf0000hamm Cover of edition dashiellhammettf00hamm First published in 1965 — 10 editions
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  • Cover of: Woman in the dark: a novel of dangerous romance
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    Cover of edition womanindarknov00hamm First published in 1988 — 9 editions
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  • Cover of: Arson Plus Illustrated

    First published in 2021 — 8 editions
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  • Cover of: Arson Plus (Illustrated)

    First published in 2021 — 7 editions
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  • Cover of: Nightmare town: stories
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    First published in 1948 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: The big knockover: selected stories and short novels.
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    Cover of edition bigknockoversele0000hamm Cover of edition bigknockover00dash First published in 1966 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: The big knockover and other stories.
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    First published in 1966 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Creeps by night: chills and thrills ...

    First published in 1931 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Return of the Thin Man
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  • Cover of: Crime Classics: The Mystery Story from Poe to the Present
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    Cover of edition crimeclassicsmys0000unse First published in 1990 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Hunter and Other Stories
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    First published in 2013 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: The Novels of Dashiell Hammett: Red Harvest; The Dain Curse; The Maltese Falcon; The Glass Key; The Thin Man

    First published in 1965 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Adventures of Sam Spade and Other Stories

    First published in 2013 — 3 editions
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American writer

Born 1894-05-27
Died 1961-01-10

Subjects

American Detective and mystery stories, Fiction, Private investigators, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Fiction, mystery & detective, hard-boiled, Private investigators, fiction, Continental Op (Fictitious character), Sam Spade (Fictitious character), Continental op (fictitious character), fiction, Detective and mystery stories, Large type books, Nick Charles (Fictitious character), Nora Charles (Fictitious character), United states, fiction, Fiction in English, American Short stories, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Drama, Short stories, American literature, Amerikanisches Englisch, Charles, nick (fictitious character), fiction, Charles, nora (fictitious character), fiction, Detective and mystery stories, American, English Detective and mystery stories

Places

United States, San Francisco (Calif.), California, San Francisco, New York, New York (N.Y.), New York (State), 221B Baker Street, Alaska, Aleutian Islands, Aleutian Islands (Alaska), Bohemia, Calcutta, Charing Cross railway station, Church of St. Monica, Edgware Road, England, Estados Unidos, India, London, Paris, Scandinavia, Surrey, Warsaw

People

C. Auguste Dupin, Clotilde Lothman von Saxe-Meiningen, Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961), Godfrey Norton, Grimesby Roylott, Helen Stoner, Irene Adler, John H. Watson, Minister D—, Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, Sam Spade, Sherlock Holmes, Stroke Moran, Wilhelm Gottsreich Sigismond von Ormstein

Time

1888, 1930s, 1940s, 20th century

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Alternative names

  • Dashiel Hammett

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January 18, 2024 Edited by bitnapper merge authors
December 5, 2023 Edited by David Scotson Edited without comment.
September 27, 2023 Edited by bitnapper Edited without comment.
September 27, 2023 Edited by bitnapper merge authors
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI