Discovering the Maltese Falcon And Sam Spade The Evolution of Dashiell Hammett's Masterpiece, Including John Huston's Movie With Humphrey Bogart

Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961), the author of Lost Stories, was one of the world's most popular and influential writers. Famous as the best-selling creator of Sam Spade, The Maltese Falcon, and The Thin Man, Hammett was also a Pinkerton's detective, an advertising man, a soldier in the U.S. Army during both World Wars, an Academy Award-nominated screenwriter, a political activist, and a short story writer. In addition to his tales in Lost Stories, the book Discovering The Maltese Falcon and Sam Spade includes "Seven Pages," a Hammett story unavailable anywhere else.Layman, Richard is the author of 'Discovering the Maltese Falcon And Sam Spade The Evolution of Dashiell Hammett's Masterpiece, Including John Huston's Movie With Humphrey Bogart', published 2005 under ISBN 9780972589864 and ISBN 0972589864.