Books By Dashiell Hammett
Books by Dashiell Hammett
FICTION
Fiction Hammett, Dashiell
Hammett, Dashiell. The Big Knockover: Selected Stories and Short Novels
Collection of stories and novellas.
Fiction Hammett, Dashiell
Hammett, Dashiell. The Continental Op
Collection of stories featuring an un-named operative for the Continental Detective
Agency.
Mystery Hammett, Dashiell
Hammett, Dashiell. Crime Stories and Other Writings
Editor Steven Marcus uses the original story texts from their appearance in Black Mask
magazine.
Mystery Hammett, Dashiell
Hammett, Dashiell. The Dain Curse
Continental Op solves a jewel burglary, multiple murders, and deals with drug addiction
and a family curse.
Mystery Hammett, Dashiell
Hammett, Dashiell. The Glass Key
Detective Ned Beaumont becomes involved with political bosses, bootlegging gangsters
and romance.
Mystery Hammett, Dashiell 2005
Hammett, Dashiell. Lost Stories: 21 Long-Lost Stories from the Best-Selling Creator
of Sam Spade, The Maltese Falcon, and The Thin Man
Collection of long-out-of-print stories.
Mystery Hammett, Dashiell
Hammett, Dashiell. The Maltese Falcon
Detective Sam Spade becomes involved with an odd assortment of characters, each
searching for a statue of a black bird, said to be worth a fortune.
Mystery Hammett, Dashiell
Hammett, Dashiell. Nightmare Town: Stories
Collection of stories with several featuring Sam Spade and the Continental Op.
Mystery Hammett, Dashiell
Hammett, Dashiell. The Novels of Dashiell Hammett
Anthology includes Red Harvest, The Dain Curse, The Maltese Falcon, The Glass
Key, and The Thin Man.
Mystery Hammett, Dashiell
Hammett, Dashiell. Red Harvest
Un-named operative for the Continental Detective Agency is called in to clean up a
Montana mining town that has been taken over by criminals.
Mystery Hammett, Dashiell
Hammett, Dashiell. The Thin Man
While on a visit to New York with his wife, Nora, San Francisco detective Nick Charles
investigates the disappearance of an inventor who is the prime suspect in the murder of
his mistress/secretary.
Mystery Hammett, Dashiell
Hammett, Dashiell. Woman in the Dark: A Novel of Dangerous Romance
Frightened woman, fleeing her boyfriend, seeks refuge at a remote country house.
NONFICTION
813.52 Hammett 2001
Hammett, Dashiell. Selected Letters of Dashiell Hammett, 1921-1960
Collection of letters to Lillian Hellman, his daughters, friends, other well-known writers,
his publisher and the editor of Black Mask.
940.5428 Capture
Hammett, Dashiell. The Capture of Attu: Tales of World War II in Alaska, as Told
by the Men Who Fought There
Part I of this collection is The Battle of the Aleutians 1942-1943 by Cpl. Dashiell
Hammett and Cpl. Robert Colodny; Hammett wrote an official history of the Aleutian
campaign during his World War II army tour in Alaska.
BOOKS ABOUT DASHIELL HAMMETT
920 Mellen
Mellen, Joan. Hellman and Hammett: The Legendary Passion of Lillian Hellman
and Dashiell Hammett
Story of the relationship between Dashiell Hammett and playwright Lillian Hellman.
BIO HAMMETT, D. Hammett 2001
Hammett, Jo. Dashiell Hammett: A Daughter Remembers
Biography written by Hammett’s daughter, Jo.
BIO HAMMETT, D. Johnson
Johnson, Diane. Dashiell Hammett, a Life
Biography written with the cooperation of longtime companion Lillian Hellman and
Hammett’s two daughters.
FILMS BASED ON DASHIELL HAMMETT’S BOOKS
DVD/VIDEO After 7-DAY 1936
After the Thin Man
The philandering husband of Nora’s cousin has gone missing and Nick reluctantly agrees
to look for him.
DVD/VIDEO Another 7-DAY 1939
Another Thin Man
Nick and Nora visit the estate of Colonel MacFay who is being threatened by a
mysterious man.
DVD/VIDEO Maltese 7-DAY 1941
The Maltese Falcon
Humphrey Bogart stars as Sam Spade in this classic film noir.
VIDEO Satan 7-DAY 1936
Satan Met a Lady
Earlier screen version of Hammett’s The Maltese Falcon starring Bette Davis and
Warren William.
DVD/VIDEO Shadow 7-DAY 1941
Shadow of the Thin Man
Nick and Nora are called in when a jockey, who threw a race, is found murdered in the
locker room.
DVD/VIDEO Song 7-DAY 1947
Song of the Thin Man
Nick and Nora are attending a charity benefit aboard a gambling ship when the
bandleader gets murdered.
DVD/VIDEO Thin 7-DAY 1934
The Thin Man
William Powell and Myrna Loy star as Nick and Nora Charles in this film adaptation of
The Thin Man.
DVD/VIDEO Thin 7-DAY 1944
The Thin Man Goes Home
Nick and Nora drop by Sycamore Springs to see his parents and a mystery man drops
dead on the front porch.
FILM ABOUT DASHIELL HAMMETT
VIDEO Dash 7-DAY 1999
Dash and Lilly
Movie about the relationship between Dashiell Hammett and Lillian Hellman starring
Sam Shepard and Judy Davis.
FICTION FEATURING DASHIELL HAMMETT
Mystery Black
Nolan, William. The Black Mask Boys: Masters in the Hard-Boiled School of
Detective Fiction
Collection features Black Mask fiction by Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, Erle
Stanley Gardner, Horace McCoy, Carroll John Daley, Frederick Nebel, Raoul Whitfield
and Paul Cain.
Mystery Dobson Joanne 2003
Dobson, Joanne. The Maltese Manuscript
Valuable books and the manuscript of Dashiell Hammett’s The Maltese Falcon
disappear from a college library.
Mystery Gores Joe
Gores, Joe. Hammett: A Novel
In 1928 San Francisco, Dashiell Hammett tries to find the criminal who killed an honest
cop.
Mystery Nolan William
Nolan, William. The Marble Orchard: A Novel Featuring the Black Mask Boys:
Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, and Erle Stanley Gardner
The Black Mask boys investigate the apparent suicide of Cissy Chandler’s former
husband.
Mystery Nolan William
Nolan, William. Sharks Never Sleep: A Novel Featuring the Black Mask Boys:
Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler and Erle Stanley Gardner
When Erle Stanley Gardner is charged with the murders of a former sweetheart and her
husband, Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett help him find the real killer.
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