Joseph Francis Dinneen (1897–1964) was a crime reporter for The Boston Globe. He wrote several books and articles, many of which were adapted for film. Books Yankee Fighter: The Story of an American in the Free French Foreign Legion (1943), co-authored with John F. "Jack" Hasey The Purple Shamrock (1949), a biography of James Michael Curley Underworld U.S.A (1956), the story of a growth of a criminal empire Ward Eight (1936) The Anatomy of a Crime (1954), early book on Great Brink's robbery The Great Brinks Holdup (1961), co-authored with Sid Feder Films Six Bridges to Cross (story "They Stole $25,000,000 - And Got Away with It") Let Us Live (story "Murder in Massachusetts") Underworld U.S.A. References 1897 births 1964 deaths 20th-century American biographers American male biographers 20th-century American historians American male non-fiction writers 20th-century American male writers