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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Dashiell_HammettDashiell Hammett - Wikipedia

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   Samuel Dashiell Hammett (/ ˈdæʃəl ˈhæmɪt / DASH-əl HAM-it; [2] May 27, 1894 – January 10, 1961) was an American writer of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories. He was also a screenwriter and political activist.

2. www.britannica.com › biography › Dashiell-HammettDashiell Hammett | Hard-boiled fiction, detective stories ...

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   Sep 5, 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.

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4. www.newyorker.com › magazine › 2002/02/11The Mystery of Dashiell Hammett - The New Yorker

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   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. www.bookseriesinorder.com › dashiell-hammettDashiell Hammett - Book Series in Order

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   Samuel Dashiell Hammett was an American author of Hard Boiled Detective fiction. He can even be considered a pioneer in the genre as it has influenced many in the genre especially writers like Raymond Chandler.

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7. www.pbs.org › wnet › americanmastersDashiell Hammett | About Dashiell Hammett | American ... - PBS

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   Dec 30, 2003 · Dashiell Hammett was born on the eastern shore of Maryland in 1894. The second of three children, he dropped out of school at the age of thirteen. He worked a succession of low-paying jobs ...

8. www.goodreads.com › author › showDashiell Hammett (Author of The Maltese Falcon) - Goodreads

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   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.

9. www.latimes.com › books › la-xpm-2014-jan-11-la-etWhen Dashiell met Raymond, or the day Hammett met Chandler

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   Jan 11, 2014 · Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, the two masters of classic noir fiction, met just once. That was 78 years ago today, Jan. 11, 1936, in Los Angeles.