Links:

    -WIKIPEDIA: Dashiell Hammett
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    -ESSAY: Suggestions to Detective Story Writers: Dashiell Hammett (1894–1961) (From Dashiell Hammett: Crime Stories & Other Writings, Library of America)
    -ESSAY: Watching the Detective: The Falcon's cynical influence on a young reader (Peter Spiegelman, February 6, 2005, SF Gate)
    -ESSAY: SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE: WATCHING THE "THIN MAN" MOVIES AS A SET: 'The Thin Man' is universally regarded as a masterpiece, but what about the sequels? (HECTOR DEJEAN, 9/23/22, Crime Reads)
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    -ESSAY: From Pinkerton to Nick and Nora (Nathan Ward, 2015, The Lost Detective)
    -ESSAY: HOW DASHIELL HAMMETT'S CONTINTENTAL OP BECAME A DEPRESSION-ERA ICON: After an era of gentleman detectives, Hammett brought the world a detective grounded in (and ground down by) hard-edged reality (SUSANNA LEE, 8/04/20, Crime Reads)
    -REVIEW ESSAY: Page to Screen: Hammett (1982) (BRIAN GREENE, September 2, 2020, Criminal Element)
    -ESSAY: Nick and Nora’s Infinite Mysteries: Looking back at The Thin Man series and its contemporary critics. (Emina Melonic, 12/30/22, Splice Today)
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