The Maltese Falcon
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Preface

Introduction

Historical Context

About the Author

Other Works/Adaptations

Discussion Questions

Additional Resources

Credits

Teacher's Guide

Works by Dashiell Hammett
Red Harvest (New York: Knopf, 1929)
The Dain Curse (New York: Knopf, 1929)
The Maltese Falcon (New York: Knopf, 1930)
The Glass Key (New York: Knopf, 1931)
The Thin Man (New York: Knopf, 1934)
Crime Stories and Other Writings (New York: Library of America, 2001)

Works about Hammett and The Maltese Falcon
Bruccoli, Matthew J. and Richard Layman. Hardboiled Mystery Writers: Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, Ross Macdonald. 1989. New York: Carroll & Graf, 2002.

Hammett, Jo. Dashiell Hammett: A Daughter Remembers. New York: Carroll & Graf, 2001.

Johnson, Diane. Dashiell Hammett: A Life. New York: Random House, 1983.

Layman, Richard, ed. Discovering The Maltese Falcon and Sam Spade. Rev. ed. San Francisco, CA: Vince Emery Productions, 2005.

Layman, Richard and Julie M. Rivett, eds. Selected Letters of Dashiell Hammett. Washington, DC: Counterpoint, 2001.

Layman, Richard. Shadow Man: The Life of Dashiell Hammett. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich/Bruccoli Clark, 1981.

Nolan, William F. Hammett: A Life at the Edge. New York: Congdon & Weed, 1983.