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Hammett was born near Great Mills on the "Hopewell and Aim" farm in Saint Mary's County, Maryland, to Richard Thomas Hammett and his wife Anne Bond Dashiell. His mother belonged to an old Maryland family, whose name in French was De Chiel.
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. He served in World.
Feb 3, 2002 · At a party in Hollywood in the spring of 1935, Dashiell Hammett was asked by Gertrude Stein to solve a literary mystery.
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Also wrote as Peter Collinson, Daghull Hammett, Samuel Dashiell, Mary Jane Hammett Dashiell Hammett, an American, wrote highly acclaimed detective fiction, including The Maltese Falcon (1930) and The Thin Man (1934). Samuel Dashiell Hammett authored hardboiled novels and short stories.
Dashiell Hammett has 524 books on Goodreads with 432694 ratings. Dashiell Hammett’s most popular book is The Maltese Falcon.
Mar 8, 2011 · Dashiell Hammett gave us Sam Spade, not to mention Nick and Nora Charles. Now, from the long-deceased author of The Maltese Falcon and The Thin Man, comes a never-before-published short story:...
Dashiell Hammett. Writer: The Thin Man. Dashiell Hammett was born May 27, 1894, in St. Mary's County, Maryland, to Richard Hammett and Mary Bond. He joined the Baltimore branch of the Pinkerton Detective Agency in 1915.
Dec 30, 2003 · Dashiell Hammett: Detective, Writer Premiere: 6/30/1999 In less than ten years he would be turning these experiences into some of the most popular detective stories of his time.
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May 14, 2018 · Dashiell Hammett >Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961) was a seminal figure in the development of the >peculiarly American contribution to crime fiction—the hard-boiled >detective story.
