by Nathan Ward
blackmasking, Hammett on, here
Block, Harry, here, here
Burnett, W. R., here
Butte, Montana
Hammett in, here, here, here, here
Jose Hammett in, here, here
miner labor tensions in, here, here
as setting in Hammett’s fiction, here, here, here, here
cable car robbery case, here
Camp Kearney, California, here, here
Camp Meade, Maryland, here, here, here
Cassidy, Butch, here, here
Chandler, Raymond, here, here
Chaplin, Charlie, here, here
Chinatown, in Hammett’s fiction, here
City of San Francisco (periodical), here
City Streets (film), here
Cody, Phil, here, here, here, here
Collins, Wilkie, here
Collinson, Peter, as Hammett pseudonym, here, here, here, here
comic strip by Hammett, here
Continental Op stories, here, here. See also specific stories
detective agency in, here
and development of Hammett’s style, here, here
final story, here
hero of, here, here, here, here, here, here
The Old Man character in, here
realism of, here, here, here, here
rejected stories, here
writing style of, here, here
Coppola, Francis Ford, here
A Cowboy Detective (Siringo), here, here
Crowley, Jack, heren2
Cushman Institute, here, here, here
The Dain Curse (Hammett)
dedication of, here, here
publication of, here, here
reception of, here
writing of, here
Daly, Carroll John, here
Daly, Marcus, here
Dannay, Frederic, here
Dashiell Hammett: A Daughter Remembers (Hammett), here, here
detective. See private detective(s)
detective fiction
Hammett on behavior of detective as interesting part of, here
Hammett’s legitimization of, here
and new American style of Hammett, here, here, here
William Pinkerton on, here
Detective Story Magazine, here
De Viane, Elise, here
Dietrich, Marlene, here
Dimaio, Frances, here
Dolan, Hubert, here
Dolan, Maggie, here
Dolan, Walter, here
Doyle, Arthur Conan, here, here
driving, Hammett’s objections to, here
Ehrman, Lillian, here
Ellroy, James, here
Emery, Vince, here
employment, postwar. See also writing career of Hammett
at jewelry store, here, here, here
as private detective, here, here, here, here, here
tuberculosis and, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
Fairfax, California, Hammett residence in, here, here
Farrington, Hilary, here
Fechheimer, David, here, here, here, here, here, here
fiction by Hammett. See also Continental Op stories; The Dain Curse; The Glass Key; The Maltese Falcon; Red Harvest; The Thin Man
“$106,000 Blood Money,” here
“Arson Plus,” here, here
“The Barber and His Wife,” here
The Big Knockover, here, here
plot of, here, heren8
serial publication of, here
writing style of, here, here
“Corkscrew,” here
“Dead Yellow Women,” here
“Flypaper,” here
“From the Memoirs of a Private Detective,” here, here
“The Girl with the Silver Eyes,” here
“The Golden Horseshoe,” here, here
“The Gutting of Couffignal,” here
Hammett on high quality of, here
“Holiday,” here
“The Hunter,” here
“Laughing Masks,” here
“Man Called Spade,” here
“Man Who Killed Dan Odams,” here
“Nightmare Town,” here
“One Hour,” here
“The Parthian Shot,” here, here
Pinkerton nondisclosure agreements and, here, here, here
public’s perception of pervasive corruption and, here
“The Road Home,” here
“Ruffian’s Wife,” here
“The Sardonic Star of Tom Doody,” here
“The Scorched Face,” here, here
“The Second Story Angel,” here
and series character, creation of, here
“Slippery Fingers,” here
stream-of-consciousness novel, plans for, here
tailoring of for film, here
“The Tenth Clew,” here
“Who Killed Bob Teal?,” here, here
“The Whosis Kid,” here, here
Woman in the Dark, here
“Women, Politics & Murder,” here
women characters in, here, here, here
“Zigzags of Treachery,” here, here, here
film
film noir, as genre, here
gangster films, rise of, here
films of Hammett fiction
City Streets, here
Hammett’s negotiations for, here
Hammett’s tailoring of work for, here
The Maltese Falcon, here, here, here, here, here
Mister Dynamite, here
Red Harvest, here, here, here
Roadhouse Nights, here
The Thin Man, here, here, here
Flood Building (San Francisco), here, here, here, here
Florida, Hammett vacation in (1934), here
Foster, Helen Herbert, here
Fox Films, here
Gardner, Earl Stanley, here
Geauque, Phil, here, here, here, here, here, here
The Glass Key (Hammett)
dedication of, here
as Hammett’s favorite, here
payment for, here
Peggy O’Toole in, here
plot of, here
publication of, here, here
writing of, here, here
Gores, Joe, here, here, here, here
Graves, Thomas Thatcher, here
Greene, Robert, here
Gutman, Casper (character), here, here
Haight, Jay H., here
Haley, Esther, here
Hammett (Gores), here
Hammett, Annie Bond (mother), here, here, here
Hammett, Dashiell (Samuel)
appearance and demeanor, here, here, here, here, here
artistic talent of, here
character of, here, here, here
childhood and family of, here
Dashiell as name, here, here
daughters, relationship with, here, here, here, here
drinking and carousing by, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
early jobs, here, here
education of, here, here
extramarital affairs, here, here, here, here, here, here
hardships later in life, here
postwar typing and shorthand training, here, here, here, here
scars, here
as voracious reader, here, here
Hammett, Josephine Dolan (wife)
on Dashiell as name, here
dedication of The Maltese Falcon to, here
education of, here
on end of Hammett’s detective career, here
family and early life of, here
Hammett’s correspondence with, here, here, here, here, here, here, heren1
Hammett’s courtship of, here, here
on Hammett’s drinking and carousing, here
Hammett’s later relationship with, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
on Hammett’s
scars, here
interviews of, here, here
marriage, here, here
move to Los Angeles, here
move to San Francisco, here
photos of Hammett, here
pregnancies, here, here
saved ads written by Hammett, here
as source on Montana settings, here
Hammett, Josephine Rebecca “Jo” (daughter)
birth of, here
and Dashiell Hammett Tour, here
on father’s taste in women, here
favorite Op story of, here
Hammett’s correspondence with, here
on Hammett’s detective career, here
on Hammett’s hard living, here
memoir by, here
memories of Hammett, here
on mother’s memories of Montana, here
visits to Hammett, here
Hammett, Mary Jane (daughter)
birth of, here, here
on family separation of 1920s, here
Hammett’s correspondence with, here, here
memories of Hammett, here, here
visits to Hammett, here
Hammett, Reba (sister), here
Hammett, Richard (brother), here
Hammett, Richard Thomas (father), here, here, here
Haultain, Phil, here, here, here, here, here
Haywood, Big Bill, here, heren1
health of Hammett. See also tuberculosis
gonorrhea, here, here
hepatitis, here
influenza epidemic of 1918–19 and, here
teeth troubles, here
Hellman, Lillian
correspondence with Hammett, here, here
first meeting of Hammett, here, heren, heren6
Florida vacation with Hammett, here
on Hammett’s account of Sonoma case, here, here
on Hammett’s character, here
on Hammett’s generosity to a bum, here
life and career of, here
relationship with Hammett, here, here
and The Thin Man, here, here, here
Hemingway, Ernest, here, here, here, here, here
Herron, Don, here, here, here, heren8
Hole-in-the-Wall gang, here, here
Hollywood, Hammett in, here, here, here, here, here
Horan, James D., heren4
Huston, John, here, here
James gang, here
Jimmy the Riveter mob, here
Johnson, Diane, heren, heren6
Johnson, Nunnally, here
Kaplan, Jack, here
Kelly, Alice, here
Kelly, William, here, here
Knight, Jack, here
“Knights of the Open Palm” (Daly), here
Knopf, Alfred, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
Knopf, Blanche, here, here, here
Knopf Publishers, here, here, here, here, here
Kober, Arthur, here
Liberty (periodical), here
Lincoln, Abraham, here
Lipset, Hal, here
Little, Frank, here, here, here, here, here, here
Little Caesar (Burnett), here
Little Caesar (film), here
Los Angeles. See also Hollywood, Hammett in
Hammett in, here, here, here
Jose in, here, here
Jose’s move to, here
Loy, Myrna, here
Lukas, Anthony, heren1
Lull, Louis J., here
The Maltese Falcon (Hammett). See also specific characters
characters in, here, here, here
dedication of, here
film versions of, here, here, here, here, here
Flitcraft Parable in, here
influence of, here, here
places in San Francisco claiming association with, here
precursor stories to, here
publication as novel, here, here, here, here
publication as serial, here
real events echoed in, here, here
reviews of, here
rights dispute over, here
sales of, here
writing of, here
Maltese Falcon Society, here
Martin, Nell
career of, here
dedication of The Glass Key to, here
Hammett’s relationship with, here, here, here
McClellan, George, here
McParland, William
as basis for Doyle character, here
as basis for Hammett character, here, here
career of, here, here, heren1
as celebrity, heren2
Mencken, H. L., here, here
MGM Studios, here, here
Miss Lonelyhearts (West), here
Mister Dynamite (film), here
The Model Town and the Detectives (Pinkerton), here
The Molly Maguires and the Detectives (Pinkerton), here
Molly Maguires (Sleepers) gang, here, here, here, heren4
Morrisey, Ed, here
Muller, Eddie, here
Nathan, George Jean, here
The New Pearson’s (periodical), here
New York, Hammett in, here, here, here, here, here
Noir City Film Festival, here
O’Shaughnessy, Brigid (character), here, here, here, here, here
O’Toole, Peggy, here, here
Paramount Pictures, here, here, here, here
Parker, Dorothy, here
The Penalty (1920 film), heren8
Perelman, Laura, here
Perelman, S. J., here, here, here
Pinkerton, Allan
on detective work, here, here, here, here
innovations by, here, here
life of, here
and Molly Maguires gang, here, here
Pinkerton, William A., here, here, here, here, heren, heren8
Pinkerton Detective Agency. See also private detective career of Hammett
advertisements for agents, here
anti-union work by, here, here, here
and Fatty Arbuckle case, here
Fechheimer at, here
and Haywood murder case, here, heren1
hiring of Hammett, here
history of, here, here
Library of Congress archives on, here, here
reluctance of to praise agents, here
Rice murder investigation by, here
secrecy of, here, here, here, here, here
silence on Hammett’s work, here
training of agents, here
The Pinkerton Story (Horan and Swiggett), heren4
Poe, Edgar Allan, here
Powell, William, here, here, here
private detective(s)
Hammett on characteristics of, here, here
Hammett on life of, here, here, here
Hammett on work of, here
in Hammett’s fiction
resemblance to Hammett, here
vs. those of other writers, here
pay, here
Pinkerton on characteristics of, here, here, here, here, here
private detective career of Hammett
anti-union work, here, here, here, here
appeal of to literary people, here
assignments and tasks, here, here
and authority as writer, here, here, here, here
as basis for fiction, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
cable car robbery case, here
and contract to kill Frank Little, here, here, here, here
end of, here, here
evidence on, here
Fatty Arbuckle case and, here
Hammett on, here
Hammett’s embellishment of, here, here, here, here, here, here
Hammett’s nostalgia for, here
hiring of, here
Pinkerton Agency’s silence on, here
postwar, here, here, here, here, here
scars from, here
and Sonoma gold theft
case, here, here
training for, here
travel for, here, here
and writing style, here, here, here, here, here
private detective firms. See also Pinkerton Detective Agency
early 20th century growth of, here
history of, here
private eye, as term, here
Prohibition
and corruption, here
San Francisco and, here, here
The Public Enemy (film), here
Rappe, Virginia, here
Redbook (periodical), here
Red Harvest (Hammett)
characters in, here, here, here
film version of, here, here, here
on identity shifting, here
plot of, here, here
precursor stories, here
pre-publication revisions to, here
publication as book, here, here
publication as serial, here
reviews of, here
sales of, here
setting of, here, here, here
title of, here
on writing field reports, here
writing of, here
Rice, William Lowe, here
Riddle, C. Y., here
Rivett, Julie, here, here, heren1
Roadhouse Nights (film), here
Rolph, “Sunny Jim,” here
Salter, Samuel, here
Samuels, Albert, Jr., here, here, here, here, here, here. See also Albert Samuels Jewelers
San Francisco
Dashiell Hammett Tour, here, here, here
Fatty Arbuckle case and, here
Hammett on, here
Hammett residences in, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
Hammett’s life in, here
Hammett’s move to, here
Hammett’s private detective career in, here, here, here, here, here
Jose’s move to, here
Pinkerton offices in, here
places claiming association with The Maltese Falcon, here
political corruption and lawlessness in, here, here
as setting for Hammett’s fiction, here, here, here
William Pinkerton in, here
Saturday Review of Literature, here
Sayers, William R., here
Schaefer, Gloomy Gus, here
Schulberg, B. P., here
Scoundrel Time (Hellman), here
screenplays by Hammett, here, here, here, here, here
Secret Agent X9 (comic strip), here
Seldes, Gilbert, here
Selznick, David O., here
shadowing
Hammett on, here, here, here
Pinkerton on, here
Shaw, Joseph “Cap,” here, here, here
Sibilia, Bill, here
“The Simple Art of Murder” (Chandler), here
Sinclair, Upton, here
Siringo, Charlie, here, here, here
Sleepers (Molly Maguires) gang, here, here, here, heren4
The Smart Set (periodical), here, here, here, here