Charles yale harrison biography of rory

More successful were his non-fiction writings, including a biography of socialist lawyer Clarence Darrow and a memoir entitled Thank God For My Heart Attackan early installment in the genre of self help books. Harrison married three times; he was widowed inlater remarried and divorced his second wife, and was survived by his third wife at his death.

Harrison's niece, Judith Rossner, became a successful novelist in the s and '70s, thanks in part to his encouragement of her early work. Harrison's last novel, Nobody's Foolwas published in Suffering from the heart condition that inspired his self-help memoir, he died in He was born in Philadelphia and raised in Montreal. At age 16, he started working for the Montreal Star but his newspaper career was interrupted by the First World War.

He enlisted in the army and was sent to France where he participated in the Battle of Amiens in He was wounded in the foot and spent the rest of the war in hospital. He returned home where he ended up in New York City continuing his literary work as a novelist, journalist, and public relations consultant. In he published his best known book, an anti-war novel, "Generals Die in Bed".

He wrote another anti-war novel, called "Meet Me on the Barricades". The book which uses the Spanish Civil War as a backdrop is more of a satire and contains elements akin to James Joyce's "Ulysses". The book is significant for its self-consciousness as a modernist novel and as a political document. Kindle Direct New, Experimental. Literary career [ edit ].

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Charles yale harrison biography of rory

Canadian Encyclopedia. Columbia University. Harrison En Route to Nicaragua". Charles Yale Harrison 16 June — was a Canadian author and journalist, best known for his anti-war novella Generals Die in Bed. Born in Philadelphia to Jewish parents, Harrison grew up in Montrealwhere at age fifteen he wrote his first short story and at age sixteen took an entry-level job with the Montreal Star newspaper.

Harrison's journalistic career was pre-empted, however, when he enlisted with the th Overseas Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in to fight in World War I. After several months in a reserve battalion in England, Harrison transferred to the Royal Montreal Regiment and was sent to the Western Front. The climax of Harrison's war experience came on 8 August when he participated in the first day of the Battle of Amiens.

Harrison was wounded in the foot and spent the rest of the war recuperating, before returning to Montreal. During the s, Harrison managed a movie theatre before moving to New York City to pursue a career as a novelist, journalist, and public relations consultant. Byserialized portions of Generals Die in Bed began to appear in several American and German periodicals.