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  1. Ryan S

    Ryan S edited the characters of The Maltese Falcon Monday, September 7 2009.

    • Edited the spoiler-free description of lieutenant Dundy: One of the policemen who bother Spade about the murder of Miles Archer.
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  2. Ryan S

    Ryan S edited the characters of The Maltese Falcon Monday, September 7 2009.

    • Changed the section title: Cast of Characters/Important People
    • Added the description of Iva Archer: miles archer's wife
    • marked the description of Iva Archer as not a spoiler
    • Added the description of Miles Archer: A partner in the Spade and Archer detective agency
    • marked the description of Miles Archer as not a spoiler
    • Added the description of Joel Cairo: A man in search of the Maltese Falcon
    • marked the description of Joel Cairo as not a spoiler
    • Added the description of lieutenant Dundy: One of the policeman who bother Spade about the murder of miles archer.
    • marked the description of lieutenant Dundy as a spoiler
    • Added the description of Captain Jacobi: Carried the falcon from Hong Kong for Brigid
    • marked the description of Captain Jacobi as not a spoiler
    • Added the description of Brigid O'Shaughnessy: hired spand ean archer with a lie that she was searching for her sister, when really she was looking for the Maltese Falcon. Lied about here name, as being Miss Wonderly
    • marked the description of Brigid O'Shaughnessy as not a spoiler
    • Added the description of Effie Perine: Sam Spade's Secretary.
    • marked the description of Effie Perine as not a spoiler
    • Added the description of Tom Polhaus: Spade's police friend, who quentions him about Miles death.
    • marked the description of Tom Polhaus as not a spoiler
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  3. Ryan S

    Ryan S edited the summary of The Maltese Falcon Monday, September 7 2009.

    • Sam Spade is a partner in a private-eye firmdetective agency who finds himself in trouble with the police when his partner is killed while trying to follow a man. The lady who asked him to follow the man turns out te be completely lying and is really searching for something called the Maltese Falcon, which is a starue of a falcon with precious jems, and jewels in it.

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  4. Ryan S

    Ryan S edited the summary of The Maltese Falcon Monday, September 7 2009.

    • Sam Spade is a partner in a private-eye firm who finds himself in trouble with the police when his partner is killed while trying to follow a man. The lady who asked him to follow the man turns out te be completely lying and is really searching for something called the Maltese Falcon, which is a starue of a falcon with precious jems, and jewels in it.

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  5. Ryan S

    Ryan S edited the table of contents of The Maltese Falcon Thursday, August 13 2009.

    • 1. Spade & Archer
      2. Death In The Fog
      3. Three Women
      4. The Black Bird
      5. The Levantine
      6. The Undersized Shadow
      7. G In The Air
      8. Horse Feathers
      9. Brigid
      10. The Belvedere Divan
      11. The Fat Man
      12. Merry-Go-Round
      13. The Emperor's Gift
      14. La Paloma
      15. Every Crackpot
      16. The Third Murder
      17. Saturday Night
      18. The Fall-Guy
      19. The Russian's Hand
      20. If They Hang You

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  6. Shelfari

    Shelfari edited the description of The Maltese Falcon Friday, July 31 2009.

    • Sam Spade, a slightly shop-worn private eye with his own solitary code of ethics, stars in Hammett's detective fiction, a novel that has haunted 2 generations of readers.

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  7. Shelfari

    Shelfari edited the contributors of The Maltese Falcon Wednesday, July 22 2009.

    • Added a contributor: Dashiell Hammett: (Primary Author)
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  8. Shelfari

    Shelfari edited the first sentence of The Maltese Falcon Friday, July 17 2009.

    • Samuel Spade's jaw was long and bony, his chin a jutting v under the more flexible v of his mouth.
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