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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 (1894–1961)

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

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The Maltese falcon.

by Dashiell Hammett
First published in 1929
95 editions, 14 ebooks
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Arson Plus Illustrated

by Dashiell Hammett First published in 2021
59 editions

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red harvest

by Dashiell Hammett
First published in 1929
47 editions, 4 ebooks
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The Dain curse

by Dashiell Hammett
First published in 1929
46 editions, 3 ebooks

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Thin Man

by Dashiell Hammett
First published in 1934
42 editions, 11 ebooks

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The Glass Key

by Dashiell Hammett
First published in 1931
34 editions, 6 ebooks

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Complete novels: Red harvest ; The Dain curse ; The Maltese falcon ; The glass key ; The thin man

by Dashiell Hammett
First published in 1965
17 editions, 4 ebooks
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The Continental Op

by Dashiell Hammett
First published in 1974
16 editions, 4 ebooks
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Woman in the dark: a novel of dangerous romance

by Dashiell Hammett
First published in 1988
11 editions, 3 ebooks

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Arson Plus Illustrated

by Dashiell Hammett First published in 2021
8 editions

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Arson Plus (Illustrated)

by Dashiell Hammett First published in 2021
7 editions

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Nightmare town: stories

by Dashiell Hammett First published in 1948
6 editions, 1 ebook

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The big knockover: selected stories and short novels.

by Dashiell Hammett
First published in 1966
6 editions, 3 ebooks
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Return of the Thin Man

by Dashiell Hammett
First published in 2012
5 editions, 4 ebooks
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The big knockover and other stories.

by Dashiell Hammett First published in 1966
5 editions, 1 ebook
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Crime Classics: The Mystery Story from Poe to the Present

by Rex Burns, Mary Rose Sullivan, Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur Conan Doyle, Jacques Futrelle, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, Susan Glaspell, Dashiell Hammett, Dorothy L. Sayers, and 8 others
First published in 1990
5 editions, 2 ebooks

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Creeps by night: chills and thrills

by Dashiell Hammett First published in 1931
5 editions

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Hunter and Other Stories

by Dashiell Hammett, Richard Layman, and Julie M. Rivett First published in 2013
4 editions, 1 ebook
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Assistant Murderer

by Dashiell Hammett First published in 2013
4 editions

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Blood money

by Dashiell Hammett First published in 1943
3 editions, 1 ebook
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American writer (1894–1961)

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

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ID Numbers

OLID: OL28314A
BookBrainz: de22d31d-4952-433e-aa6b-dd123725377f
GoodReads: 16927
ISNI: 0000000121393171
IMDb: nm0358591
Library of Congress Names: n80016943
LibraryThing: hammettdashiell
LibriVox: 13997
MusicBrainz: e36d5594-1f44-4580-9491-fc144db8446b
SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): CFIV049488
VIAF: 73854531
Wikidata: Q186335
Inventaire.io: wd:Q186335

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Alternative names

Dashiel Hammett
Samuel Dashiell Hammett
dashiell hammett
D. Hammett
d. Hammett
Dasshiell Hammett
Hammett D
Dashiell Hamett
Dashiell Hammet
Dasiell Hammett

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