Harry Crews was an American novelist, short story writer, and essayist. Crews was born in Bacon County, Georgia, in 1935 and served in the Marines during the Korean War.
He attended the University of Florida on the GI Bill, but dropped out to travel. Eventually returning to the university, Crews finally graduated and moved his wife, Sally, and son, Patrick Scott, to Jacksonville where he taught English at Lakeshore Junior High School for a year.
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