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- character of Spade
- In Sam Spade
- detective stories
- hard-boiled fiction
- television history in the U.S.
authorship of
- “Maltese Falcon, The”
- “Thin Man, The”
- In The Thin Man
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anniversary information added. | Jan 06, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Endowment for the Humanities - How Dashiell Hammett Took on Hollywood and Shaped Modern Copyright Law. | Jan 03, 2025 | ||
| Article thoroughly revised and updated. | Dec 31, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: American Society of Authors and Writers - Dashiel Hammett. | Nov 08, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Politics and the 1920s Writings of Dashiell Hammett. | Sep 03, 2024 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | May 23, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Mar 11, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - Dashiell Hammett. | Nov 24, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Village Preservation - They Lived on West 9th Street: Dashiell Hammett. | Sep 26, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Social Networks and Archival Context - Biography of Dashiell Hammett. | Apr 25, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Famous Authors - Biography of Dashiell Hammett. | Mar 25, 2021 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Endowment for the Arts - The Maltese Falcon. | Apr 23, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Thrilling Detective - Biography of Dashiell Hammett. | Feb 25, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Spartacus Educational - Biography of Dashiell Hammett. | Sep 19, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: Public Broadcasting Service - Biography of Dashiell Hammett. | Sep 18, 2012 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Sep 11, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: PBS - American Masters - Biography of Dashiell Hammett. | Jun 14, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Arlington National Cemetery - Samuel Dashiell Hammett. | Jun 14, 2007 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | May 04, 1999 |
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