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1894-1961. Samuel Dashiell Hammett was an American author, credited for making popular the hardboiled detective genre.
Hammett used his first hand knowledge of the detective buisness to create complex and exciting plots and memorable and believable characters. He worked for the famed Pinkerton detective agency until tuburculosis forced him to find a less taxing form of work. His most famous novel, The Maltese Falcon, introduced Sam Spade, a surly, self-assured detective that defined the hard boiled character.
After a relatively short writing career of nine years, Hammett brought his works to Hollywood where a number of his characters and stories, especially Same Spade, made the leap into immortality.
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- Adventures of Sam Spade 3 Hours on 3 CDs by Dashiell Hammett
- Dashiell Hammett, Detective, Writer.
- Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett
- Sam Spade: Capers 8 Shows on 4 CDs by Dashiell Hammett
- Secret Agent X-9 #2 Starring Scott Kolk by Dashiell Hammett
- The Big Knockover by Dashiell Hammett
- The Continental Op by Dashiell Hammett
- The Fat Man and the Thin Man (4 CDs)
- The Glass Key by Dashiell Hammett
- The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
- Woman In The Dark by Dashiell Hammett
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