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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: Der Engel vom ersten Stock

    First published in 1991 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Novelas escogidas; Cosecha roja; La maldicion de los Dain; El halcon Maltes; La Llave de cristal; Nick Charles, detective.

    First published in 1962 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Complete novels: Red harvest ; The Dain curse ; The Maltese falcon ; The glass key ; The thin man

    First published in 1999 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Creeps by night: chills and thrills

    First published in 1932 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Nightmare town

    First published in 2012 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Arson Plus and Other Stories: Collected Case Files of the Continental Op: The Early Years, Volume 1

    First published in 2016 1 edition
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  • Cover of: American Detective Stories

    First published in 1944 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Vintage Hammett

    First published in 2005 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Secret Agent X-9

    First published in 2015 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The complete Dashiell Hammett

    First published in 1942 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: קללת בני דאין

    First published in 1967 1 edition in 1 language
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American writer

Born 1894-05-27
Died 1961-01-10
Subjects
American Detective and mystery stories, Fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Private investigators, Fiction, mystery & detective, hard-boiled, Private investigators, fiction, Continental Op (Fictitious character), Continental op (fictitious character), fiction, Sam Spade (Fictitious character), Large type books, Detective and mystery stories, 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, 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, New York, New York (N.Y.), New York (State), 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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  • Dashiel Hammett

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January 18, 2024 Edited by bitnapper merge authors
December 5, 2023 Edited by David Scotson Edited without comment.
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September 27, 2023 Edited by bitnapper merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import