Selected letters of Dashiell Hammett, 1921-1960 / edited by Richard Layman with Julie M. Rivett ; foreword by Josephine Hammett Marshall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hammett, Dashiell, 1894-1961.

Contributor:

Layman, Richard, 1947-

Rivett, Julie M.

Standardized Title:

Correspondence. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hammett, Dashiell, 1894-1961--Correspondence.

Hammett, Dashiell.

Hammett, Dashiell, 1894-1961.

Authors, American--20th century--Correspondence.

Authors, American.

Detective and mystery stories--Authorship.

Detective and mystery stories.

Genre:

Correspondence.

Autobiographies.

Personal correspondence.

Physical Description:

xx, 650 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Counterpoint, [2001]

Summary:

This literary event features the letters, both private and professional, of Dashiell Hammett, creator of Sam Spade and the father of the hardboiled crime novel. With wit, intelligence, and style, these letters confirm Hammett's extraordinary talent as writer and observer. Photos.

Contents:

"A Reasonable Amount of Trouble" / Josephine Hammett Marshall vii

I. Writer, 1921-1930 1

II. Celebrity, 1931-1942 57

III. Soldier, 1942-1945 179

IV. Activist, 1945-1951 447

V. Survivor, 1952-1960 575.

Notes:

Includes index.

"Appendix: Hammett's reading": pages 627-632.

ISBN:

1582430810

OCLC:

44502284