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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: Spari nella notte

    First published in 1989 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Le Sac de Couffignal

    First published in 1988 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 2012 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The Capture of Attu: tales of World War II in Alaska, as told by the men who fought there

    First published in 1984 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Papier tue-mouches

    First published in 1987 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Le meurtre de farewell

    First published in 1997 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Dashiel Hammett: 5 Complete Novels Co

    First published in 1988 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The adventures of Sam Spade: and other stories.

    First published in 1944 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The adventures of Sam Spade, and other stories.

    First published in 1945 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Casablanca

    First published in 2002 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: Continental OP V2013

    First published in 1975 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Crime Wave: Collected Nonfiction (The Ace Performer Collection series)

    First published in 2007 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Cuando Uno Esta de Suerte

    First published in 1999 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Das große Umlegen und andere Detektivstories.

    First published in 2000 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Dashiell Hammett's Secret Agent

    First published in 1990 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Dashiell Hammett's Secret agent X-9

    First published in 1983 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The Dashiell Hammett story omnibus

    First published in 1966 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Dead yellow women: detective and murder stories

    First published in 1947 1 edition 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
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