A MAN CALLED SPADE

A MAN CALLED SPADE first appearance in The American Magazine, July 1932-by DASHIELL HAMMETT - GUNSTON CLASSICS Dashiell HammettSpringfield, OH: Crowell, 1932. First appearance of the Dashiell Hammett short story, A Man Called Spade, in the July 1932 issue of The American Magazine, a monthly publication featuring fiction, articles, and illustrations. Hammett's story is illustrated by Joseph Clement, and the author receives a front cover credit. 
 The first of three magazine appearances of private detective protagonist Spade. Spade made his debut in Hammett's 1930 novel, The Maltese Falcon, and made three subsequent magazine appearances in short stories.