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May 27, 2022 · Dashiell Hammett: Complete Novels LOA N°110. Dashiell Hammett: The Library of America Edition (boxed set) Library of America. CURATOR. A champion of America’s great writers and timeless works, Library of America guides readers in finding and exploring the exceptional writing that reflects the nation’s history and culture. Learn More.
5 Dashiell Hammett Novels in Order. Red Harvest (1929) The Dain Curse (1929) The Maltese Falcon (1930) The Glass Key (1931) The Thin Man (1934) Visit Dashiell Hammett’s page at Barnes & Noble® and shop all his books including The Maltese Falcon, The Thin Man, Red Harvest, The Glass Key and more.
Samuel Dashiell Hammett was born in 1894 in St. Mary’s County, Maryland, and his family moved to Baltimore when he was five. He dropped out of high school after his freshman year and held a series of odd jobs—messenger boy, newsboy, clerk, and stevedore—before becoming an operative for Pinkerton’s National Detective Agency in 1915, at the age of twenty-one.
Samuel Dashiell Hammett (født 27. maj 1894, død 10. januar 1961) var en amerikansk forfatter, født i St. Mary’s County, USA og død i New York City. Hammett skrev fortrinsvis kriminalnoveller, men også kriminalromaner , hvoraf 6 er udkommet på dansk.
Samuel Dashiell Hammett (27. toukokuuta 1894 Maryland, Yhdysvallat – 10. tammikuuta 1961 New York, Yhdysvallat) oli yhdysvaltalainen ”kovaksikeitettyjen” salapoliisiromaanien ja novellien kirjoittaja.
May 21, 2024 · Dashiell Hammett in 1934. 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 ).
Jan 1, 2003 · Published in 1929, Red Harvest is the first of five classic novels written by Dashiell Hammett, inventor of the "hard-boiled" school of fiction. Since there are dozens of reviews already posted here, I will take a different slant, citing how quotes from nineteenth century German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche apply to the novel’s unnamed main character/narrator, a man simply known as "Continental Op" and the city where the novel is located, Personville aka Poisonville, a dingy mining city ...
