Dashiell Hammett

Samuel Dashiell Hammett (May 27, 1894–January 10, 1961) was an American author of hardboiled detective novels and short stories. Among the enduring characters he created are Sam Spade (The Maltese Falcon), Nick and Nora Charles (The Thin Man), and the Continental Op (Red Harvest, The Dain Curse). In addition to the significant influence his novels had on film, Hammett has been credited with the invention of modern American hardboiled detective novel. -- Wikipedia: Dashiell Hammett

Dashiell Hammett Websites:

• Dashiell Hammett: Perfect Standard for the Hardboiled Detective 1894-1961. Samuel Dashiell Hammett was an American author, most often credited for creating the hardboiled detective genre. Although not the first to write in this genre, Hammetts stories perfected the hard boiled formula.
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Dashiell Hammett Products:

• Complete Novels: Red Harvest / The Dain Curse / The Maltese Falcon / The Glass Key / The Thin Man (Library of America)
  by Dashiell Hammett
• Crime Stories and Other Writings (Library of America)
• The Maltese Falcon, The Thin Man, Red Harvest (Everyman's Library)
  by Dashiell Hammett, Robert Polito
• Lost Stories (The Ace Performer Collection series)
  by Dashiell Hammett
• Discovering The Maltese Falcon and Sam Spade: The Evolution of Dashiell Hammett's Masterpiece, Including John Huston's Movie with Humphrey Bogart (The Ace Performer Collection series)
• The Maltese Falcon
• Red Harvest
  by Dashiell Hammett
• The Continental Op
  by Dashiell Hammett
• The Big Knockover: Selected Stories and Short Novels
  by Dashiell Hammett
• The Glass Key
  by Dashiell Hammett
• Nightmare Town: Stories
  by Dashiell Hammett
• Hardboiled Mystery Writers: Raymond Chandler, Dashiel Hammett, Ross Macdonald: A Literary Reference
• The Thin Man
  by Dashiell Hammett
• Hammett's Moral Vision: The Most Influential In-Depth Analysis of Dashiell Hammett's Novels Red Harvest, The Dain Curse, The Maltese Falcon, The Glass ... Man (The Ace Performer Collection series)
  by George J. "Rhino" Thompson
• Selected Letters of Dashiell Hammett : 1921-1960