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Dashiell Hammett

1894-05-27 - 1961-01-10

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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  • Cover of: Red Harvest

    First published in 1963 4 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Hunter and Other Stories

    First published in 2013 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: La clé de verre

    First published in 1949 4 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition lacledeverre0000hamm
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    First published in 1967 3 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Adventures of Sam Spade and Other Stories

    First published in 2013 3 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The Maltese falcon

    First published in 1957 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Cauchemar ville

    First published in 1987 3 editions — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Blood money

    First published in 1943 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Dain curse, The glass key, and selected stories

    First published in 2007 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: La llave de cristal

    First published in 1968 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: La Moisson rouge

    First published in 1988 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The Maltese Falcon (Mystery Masters Series)

    First published in 2004 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Thin Man, the (Penguin Crime Fiction)

    First published in 1992 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Una Mujer En LA Oscuridad

    First published in 1993 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The Maltese falcon, & The thin man.

    First published in 1964 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Secret agent X-9

    First published in 1976 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The Thin Man (Mystery Masters)

    First published in 2005 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett Illustrated

    First published in 2021 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Thin Man

    First published in 1992 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Return of the Thin Man

    First published in 2012 2 editions in 1 language
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Subjects
American Detective and mystery stories, Fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Private investigators, Private investigators, fiction, Continental op (fictitious character), fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, hard-boiled, Continental Op (Fictitious character), Sam Spade (Fictitious character), Large type books, Nick Charles (Fictitious character), United states, fiction, Nora Charles (Fictitious character), Detective and mystery stories, Fiction in English, American fiction (fictional works by one author), American literature, Charles, nick (fictitious character), fiction, Charles, nora (fictitious character), fiction, Drama, Married people, Short stories, Women detectives, American Short stories, Amerikanisches Englisch
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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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