Shadow man : the life of Dashiell Hammett / by Richard Layman.
Shadow man : the life of Dashiell Hammett / by Richard Layman.
By
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Layman, Richard, 1947-
Publication Date
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1984, 1981
Publication Information
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New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich,
Edition
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1st Harvest/HBJ ed.
Physical Description
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xviii, 293 p.
Subject Term
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Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
Detective and mystery stories, American -- History and criticism.
Summary
:
Hammett, the former Pinkerton detective who reinvented the mystery story in five books written between 1929 and 1934, is carefully examined. An unsentimental account of his life from a rural Maryland youth through the Pinkerton years in San Francisco, fame as a novelist, notoriety as a Hollywood screen writer, imprisonment as an uncooperative McCarthy committee witness, and an obscure death in 1961.
Language
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English
ISBN
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9780156814003
General Note
:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number | Status |
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St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH) | ADULT BIO REF - BASEMENT | Adult Biography Reference - Basement | B H18L | NonCirculating |