On This Day In History Raymond Chandler Starts His Last Novel

As History.com notes, on this day in 1958 Raymond Chandler, the author of classic crime novels like The Big Sleep and The Long Goodbye, began his last novel, Poodle Springs. He died before he could complete the novel.

You can read about Raymond Chandler at History.com via the below link:

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/raymond-chandler-starts-his-last-novel?cmpid=email-hist-tdih-2016-1024-10242016&om_rid=de5e4076c942a595dbda53f758321d197499484f6d117f61b6ac5c08e0d6f0aa&om_mid=101529339&kx_EmailCampaignID=7704&kx_EmailCampaignName=email-hist-tdih-2016-1024-10242016&kx_EmailRecipientID=de5e4076c942a595dbda53f758321d197499484f6d117f61b6ac5c08e0d6f0aa

You can also read my Crime Beat column on Raymond Chandler via the below link:

http://www.pauldavisoncrime.com/2009/11/on-raymond-chandlers-influence-on-crime.html