F. Scott Fitzgerald
F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940) was born on 24 September 1896 to a salesman father and an Irish-Catholic mother who was the heir to a successful Minnesota grocery store. The F. Scott of F. Scott Fitzgerald stands for Francis Scott; he was named for his distant cousin, the writer of the poem that became the lyrics to American national anthem. Until 1908 the family moved throughout upstate New York, but when his father lost his job the Fitzgeralds moved to St. Paul, Minnesota.
F Scott Fitzgerald circa 1920 [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Scott, as family and friends knew him, had his first story published when he was 13 - a detective story printed in the school newspaper. After his expulsion for lack of academic effort, he boarded at Newman School, a Catholic school in New Jersey. After graduation in 1913, he attended Princeton University, where he wrote articles for the college humour magazine, stories for the literary magazine, and scripts for the musicals of the Triangle Club. However, again he neglected his studies; in 1917 he was placed on academic probation, and he dropped out of Princeton to join the army.
Shortly before reporting for duty…
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| 11 | F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Grave | The grave of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda Fitzgerald in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery in Rockville… | |
| 12 | F. Scott Fitzgerald circa 1920 | Black-and-white photographic portrait of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. | |
| 13 | Tales of the Jazz Age | Cover of a 1922 edition of F. Scott Fitzgerald's book Tales of the Jazz Age, painted by John Held,… | |
| 14 | F Scott Fitzgerald and wife Zelda | Black-and-white photographic portrait of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald and wife Zelda, taken at… | |
| 15 | Short Stories | Includes: Winter Dreams, Dice, Brassknuckles & Guitar, Gretchen’s Forty Winks… | |
| 16 | The Pat Hobby Stories | Includes: Pat Hobby's Christmas Wish, A Man in the Way, "Boil Some Water--Lots of It… | |
| 17 | Taps at Reveille | Short stories: The Scandal Detectives, Basil: The Freshest Boy, He Thinks He’s… | |
| 18 | All the Sad Young Men | Short stories: The Rich Boy, Winter Dreams, The Baby Party, Absolution, Rags… | |
| 19 | Tales of the Jazz Age | Short stories. Table of Contents: My Last Flappers: The Jelly-bean, The Camel’s Back… | |
| 20 | Flappers and Philosophers | Short stories: The Offshore Pirate, The Ice Palace, Head and Shoulders, The Cut-… |