Dashiell Hammett AKA Samuel Dashiell Hammett Born: 27-May-1894 Birthplace: St. Mary's County, MD Died: 10-Jan-1961 Location of death: New York City [1] Cause of death: Cancer - Lung Remains: Buried, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Author Nationality: United States Executive summary: The Maltese Falcon Military service: US Army (Ambulance Corps, June 1918, three years in WWII) Hammett worked for Pinkerton's National Detective Agency in Baltimore. Thrown in prison for several months in 1951 when he refused to be a snitch during the McCarthy hearings. During his final years he resided at Lillian Hellman's apartment, dying penniless in 1961. [1] Lenox Hill Hospital, New York City.
Father: Richard Hammett (farmer, politician) Mother: Annie Bond Dashiell (nurse) Wife: Josephine Annas Dolan (m. 1920, div. 1937) Daughter: Josephine Hammett ("Jo") Girlfriend: Lillian Hellman (dated 1930 until his death)
High School: Baltimore Polytechnical Institute
Communist Party USA 1937 Hollywood Anti-Fascist League League of American Writers Took the Fifth (9-Jul-1951) Contempt of Court 1951 Contempt of Congress 1951 McCarthy Hearings 1953 Risk Factors: Alcoholism, Tuberculosis
Is the subject of books:
Shadow Man: The Life of Dashiell Hammett, 1981, BY: Richard Layman
Author of books:
Red Harvest (1929, novel) The Dain Curse (1929, novel) The Continental Op (1930, short stories) The Maltese Falcon (1930, novel) The Glass Key (1931, novel) The Thin Man (1934, novel)
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