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

Happy birthday to Dashiell Hammett, who was born on this day in 1894.

Hammett was the author of The Maltese Falcon, The Thin Man, and other classic crime stories.

You can read my Washington Times review of his short stories via the below link:

www.pauldavisoncrime.com/2018/05/the-gritty-early-stories-of.html

And you can read my Crime Beat column on Hammett - From Street to Paper - via the below link:

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