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  1. 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.

  2. 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.

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  3. Complete order of Dashiell Hammett books in Publication Order and Chronological Order.

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    • January 10, 1961
    • May 27, 1894
    • The Maltese Falcon.
    • The Thin Man.
    • Red Harvest (The Continental Op #1)
    • The Glass Key.
  4. 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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  5. Dashiell Hammett has 524 books on Goodreads with 432435 ratings. Dashiell Hammetts most popular book is The Maltese Falcon.

  6. 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:...