On This Day In History The Late, Great Crime Writer Dashiell Hammett Was Born

As History.com notes, on this day in 1894 Dashiell Hammett, author of The Maltese Falcon, The Dain Curse, The Thin Man and other crime classics, was born.

You can read about Dashiell Hammett via the below link:

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hard-boiled-mystery-writer-dashiell-hammett-is-born?cmpid=email-hist-tdih-2017-0527-05272017&om_rid=de5e4076c942a595dbda53f758321d197499484f6d117f61b6ac5c08e0d6f0aa&om_mid=189438423&kx_EmailCampaignID=12938&kx_EmailCampaignName=email-hist-tdih-2017-0527-05272017&kx_EmailRecipientID=de5e4076c942a595dbda53f758321d197499484f6d117f61b6ac5c08e0d6f0aa

You can also read my Crime Beat column on Dashiell Hammett via the below link:

http://www.pauldavisoncrime.com/2016/05/my-crime-beat-column-from-street-to.html