Hammett

[ ham-it ]

/ ˈhæm ɪt /

(Samuel) Da·shiell

[duh-sheel, dash-eel] /dəˈʃil, ˈdæʃ il/,1894–1961, U.S. writer of detective stories.

Example sentences from the Web for hammett

[the seminal pulp crime magazine which first published Hammett].

The Man With Stories to Tell |Allen Barra |December 8, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Despite its sizeable influence on American fiction and film, Red Harvest remains the only Hammett novel never to have been filmed.

The Man With Stories to Tell |Allen Barra |December 8, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Robert Graves thought Hammett was better than either Chandler or Asbury and called The Maltese Falcon, “a literary landmark.”

The Man With Stories to Tell |Allen Barra |December 8, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Add A.J. Liebling, Raymond Chandler, Hammett, Cain, and the boys, Nelson Algren and William Kennedy.

Daniel Woodrell: How I Write |Noah Charney |September 4, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

But we never really read Chandler—or Hammett—for their mysteries, we read them for language and atmosphere.

Can Pulp Win the Booker? |Allen Barra |September 7, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
In truth, the supper down at the old Hammett farmhouse, after the work of the day was over, was the principal event.

Janice Day |Helen Beecher Long
He was uneasy right away, because he had failed to arrange with Hammett how long he was to stay locked up.

100%: The Story of a Patriot |Upton Sinclair
When Peter started to scream, Hammett clapped his other hand over his mouth, and so Peter knew that it was all up.

100%: The Story of a Patriot |Upton Sinclair
Walky Dexter was going to drive out to the Hammett place after supper to pick up his load of young people.

Janice Day |Helen Beecher Long
Ford and Hammett are at the dock all ready to search him when I give the word.

Under Cover |Roi Cooper Megrue

Hammett

/ (ˈhæmət) /

Dashiell. 1894–1961, US writer of detective novels. His books include The Maltese Falcon (1930) and The Thin Man (1932)