Samuel Dashiell Hammett (May 27, 1894 – January 10, 1961) was an American author of "hard-boiled" 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).

Early life

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Hammett was born in St. Mary's County in Southern Maryland on the Western Shore of Maryland. His parents were Richard Thomas Hammett and his wife Annie Bond Dashiell (the name being an Americanization of the French De Chiel; the Dashiells are an old Maryland family; it is pronounced "daSHEEL" not "dash'l"). "Dash" left school when he was 13 years old and held several jobs before working for the Pinkerton National Detective Agency. He served as an operative for the Pinkerton Agency from 1915 to 1921, with time off to serve stateside in the Motor Ambulance Corps. However, the agency's role in union strike-breaking eventually disillusioned him. In Butte, Montana, Frank Little, a leading organizer for the radical Industrial Workers of the World union, was viciously murdered. Pinkerton agents were thought to be involved, although the crime was never solved.

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www.windblownanddripping.com -- beginnings of nexus for new play about Dashiell Hammett as editor of an Army newssheet in WWII Aleutians.
PicoAlaska (Peter Porco) Sat, 26 Dec 2009 21:58:33 -0000
www.windblownanddripping.com -- beginnings of nexus for new play about Dashiell Hammett as editor of an Army newssheet in WWII Aleutians.
Dashiell Hammett (writer) - Died January 10 1961Born May 27 1894 Wrote The Maltese Falcon The Thin Man longtime companion of Lillian Hellman
cutebutpsycho (cutebutpsycho) Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:12:08 -0000
Dashiell Hammett (writer) - Died January 10 1961Born May 27 1894 Wrote The Maltese Falcon The Thin Man longtime companion of Lillian Hellman
letter from Dashiell Hammett to his secretary: Dear Miss Wolff, I feel too lousy to work today-Thank God. See you tomorrow. D. H.
taylrberry (Taylor B.) Sat, 26 Dec 2009 05:31:33 -0000
letter from Dashiell Hammett to his secretary: Dear Miss Wolff, I feel too lousy to work today-Thank God. See you tomorrow. D. H.
Spending my Christmas Eve with Dashiell Hammett, old Justice League comics, and Katie. And maybe a frigging icestorm.
JeffXHayes (Jeff X. Hayes) Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:55:38 -0000
Spending my Christmas Eve with Dashiell Hammett, old Justice League comics, and Katie. And maybe a frigging icestorm.
@chrisbillett @tayler Chandler is magnificent! Could be worth trying Dashiell Hammett too, if you like him...
al_robertson (Al Robertson) Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:23:02 -0000
@chrisbillett @tayler Chandler is magnificent! Could be worth trying Dashiell Hammett too, if you like him...
@BeaucoupKevin The one based on Hellman's Pentimento, with jane fonda as Hellman, & Jason Robards as Dashiell Hammett? So good!!
malpertuis (malpertuis) Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:01:53 -0000
@BeaucoupKevin The one based on Hellman's Pentimento, with jane fonda as Hellman, & Jason Robards as Dashiell Hammett? So good!!

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