Dashiell Hammett: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Anniversary information added. May 23, 2026
Anniversary information added. Jan 06, 2026
Modified link of Web site: PBS - American Masters - Dashiell Hammett. Mar 10, 2025
Add new Web site: National Endowment for the Humanities - How Dashiell Hammett Took on Hollywood and Shaped Modern Copyright Law. Jan 03, 2025
Article thoroughly revised and updated. Dec 31, 2024
Add new Web site: American Society of Authors and Writers - Dashiel Hammett. Nov 08, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - �Politics and the 1920s Writings of Dashiell Hammett�. Sep 03, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Mar 11, 2024
Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - Dashiell Hammett. Nov 24, 2023
Add new Web site: Village Preservation - They Lived on West 9th Street: Dashiell Hammett. Sep 26, 2023
Add new Web site: Social Networks and Archival Context - Biography of Dashiell Hammett. Apr 25, 2022
Add new Web site: Famous Authors - Biography of Dashiell Hammett. Mar 25, 2021
Add new Web site: National Endowment for the Arts - The Maltese Falcon. Apr 23, 2019
Add new Web site: Thrilling Detective - Biography of Dashiell Hammett. Feb 25, 2019
Add new Web site: Spartacus Educational - Biography of Dashiell Hammett. Sep 19, 2012
Add new Web site: Public Broadcasting Service - Biography of Dashiell Hammett. Sep 18, 2012
Article revised and updated. Sep 11, 2007
Added new Web site: PBS - American Masters - Dashiell Hammett. Jun 14, 2007
Added new Web site: Arlington National Cemetery - Samuel Dashiell Hammett. Jun 14, 2007
Article added to new online database. May 04, 1999
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