Did you know that writer F. Scott Fitzgerald, author of the classic American novel The Great Gatsby, was born on this very day, the 24th of September, back in 1896? The things you learn when you're a Hill nerd and spend your day on websites like the Library of Congress...
The Great Gatsby opened my imagination to a world and place in time I hadn't ever dreamed of. Happy Birthday to a writer who so eloquently captured the glamour of the Jazz Age (and the struggles that went with it) that still inspires today...
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photo courtesy of Life Magazine, February 18, 1926
photos courtesy of the Library of Congress
And Faulkner's birthday is the 25th of September...another classic.
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