September 24, 2010

Interesting facts about F. Scott Fitzgerald on what would have been his birthday

  • Did you know that his parents were obsessed with his well-being? Both of his older sisters died (at the ages of one and three years old) while his mom was pregnant with him, so I guess it's understandable. Eventually they did have another daughter, but Scott felt that his mother never got over the deaths of her older daughters.
  • His full name was Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald and he was named after the man who composed "The Star Spangled Banner." Edward Fitzgerald (Scott's father) was related to Francis Scott Key.
  • I also didn't know that This Side of Paradise was the best selling of his books during his lifetime. These are just a few tidbits of information I found about him in this book.

Interested in learning more about him? Click here.

7 comments:

  1. do u know whats funny? this website puts up a comment feedback option and no 1 uses it. and here i am, using it, but not talking anything about the subject! ha! thanks 4 the info, anywayz.

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  2. Well, that's what a blog is for. To offer some information an audience might like to read about, and allow them to comment.

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  3. I found the info interesting.

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  4. This helped me alot

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  5. Thanks for the help on my project!!

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  6. With all the research I have done on F. Scott Fitzgerald there was never any information about his mother having to older daughters or a daughter after Fitzgerald.... Very interesting.

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  7. thanks for the help

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