Red Harvest (1929)
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RED HARVEST
RED HARVEST
BY
DASHIELL HAMMETT
Author of
THE DAIN CURSE
THE MALTESE FALCON
GROSSET & DUNLAP
Copyright 1927, 1929
By Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
Published February, 1929
Second Printing March, 1930
Third Printing March, 1931
Manufactured in the United States of America
to
Joseph Thompson Shaw
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I · A WOMAN IN GREEN AND A MAN IN GRAY · 3
II · THE CZAR OF POISONVILLE · 14
III · DINAH BRAND · 26
IV · HURRICANE STREET · 38
V · OLD ELIHU TALKS SENSE · 50
VI · WHISPER’S JOINT · 61
VII · THAT’S WHY I SEWED YOU UP · 71
VIII · A TIP ON KID COOPER · 82
IX · A BLACK KNIFE · 88
X · CRIME WANTED—MALE OR FEMALE · 100
XI · THE SWELL SPOON · 108
XII · A NEW DEAL · 118
XIII · —$200.10— · 129
XIV · MAX · 138
XV · CEDAR HILL INN · 147
XVI · EXIT JERRY · 158
XVII · RENO · 165
XVIII · PAINTER STREET · 178
XIX · THE PEACE CONFERENCE · 184
XX · LAUDANUM · 192
XXI · THE SEVENTEENTH MURDER · 203
XXII · THE ICE PICK · 212
XXIII · MR. CHARLES PROCTOR DAWN · 226
XXIV · WANTED · 236
XXV · WHISKEYTOWN · 245
XXVI · BLACKMAIL · 251
XXVII · WAREHOUSES · 260
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