Background
Layman, Richard Lawrence was born on September 7, 1947 in Louisville. Son of Lewis L. and Mary (Smith) Layman.
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Shadow man: The life of Dashiell Hammett
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Shadow Man: The Life of Dashiell Hammett
(1981 Harvest/HBJ trade paperback, Richard Layman (The Hun...)
1981 Harvest/HBJ trade paperback, Richard Layman (The Hunter and Other Stories). The legend of Dashiell Hammett, the former Pinkerton detective who reinvented the mystery story in five books written between 1929 and 1934, is carefully examined here by Richard Layman in a meticulously factual account of all that is likely to be known about the real "Continental Op." This unsentimental account of Hammett from his rural Maryland youth through the Pinkerton years in San Francisco, fame as a novelist, notoriety as a Hollywood screen writer, imprisonment as an uncooperative McCarthy committee witness, and an obscure death in 1961 highlights the facts while accenting the shadow on which the legend would be built. - Book Jacket
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American Decades: 1950-1959
(This reference documents and analyzes periods of contempo...)
This reference documents and analyzes periods of contemporary American social history such as the roaring twenties, the depression years, World War II, and the 60s. There are 10 volumes altogether and each includes: a chronology of the decade; subject chapters with background essays; subject-specific chronologies and alphabetically arranged items depicting the people, ideas, and facts important during that period.
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Richard Lawrence Layman
Edit ProfileEducation
Student, Indiana U., 1965-1968; Bachelor, U. Louisville, 1971; Master of Arts, U. Louisville, 1972; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Southern California, 1975.
Career
Instructor, University of Southern California, Columbia, 1975-1976; managing editor, Bruccoli Clark Public, Columbia, 1976-1983; vice president, partner, Bruccoli Clark Layman Public, Columbia, 1983-1987; partner, vice president, Manly Inc., Columbia, since 1987.
Achievements
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American Decades: 1950-1959
(This reference documents and analyzes periods of contempo...)
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Shadow Man: The Life of Dashiell Hammett
(1981 Harvest/HBJ trade paperback, Richard Layman (The Hun...)
- Shadow man: The life of Dashiell Hammett
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American Decades: 1950-1959
Membership
Guardian ad litem Richland County Guardian and ad Litem Program, Columbia, since 1990.
Interests
Connections
Married Nancy Staats, May 12, 1973. Children: Abraham Richard, Nicholas Charles.
