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Poor Man
Stephen was very poor growing up, his Mom had to work multiple jobs. And when he and Tabitha married he struggled to pay the bills, until Carrie was bought. When he and Tabitha werfirst married they could rarerly even pay for a phone. -
Stephen King
Stephen was born in Portland, Maine, on September 21 1947. His father deserted his family hortly after he was born. Stephen had one brother named David. -
Father Left
In Stephen's early childhood his Dad left his family. Because of that his Mom had to work multiple low paying jobs, to support Stephen and his brother. His Dad left many books thought that Stephen read and inspiered him to be a writer. -
New States
On August 21, 1959 Hawii became the 50th state, and is the only U.S. state made up of only islands. Alaska which is now the largest state in area, Was puchased from Russia on March 3,1867 for 7.2 million dollars. It did not become a state until January 1, 1959. -
First Published
He had his book The Glass Floor published proffesionally. But he only got $ 35.00 for the rights of the book. But it led to great succes. He was glad about getting the money but he said he wished he'd gotten more. The book now is very valuable and extremely hard to find. -
Tabitha
She was born on March 24, 1949. She is an American author activist.She is married to Stephen King, She amrried him on January 2, 1971. They had 3 kids and two of them are now authors. She made eight books and helped Stephen with a few. -
Roberto Clemente
Roberto Clemente was the first Latin American to be introduced into the baseball hall of fame. he was born on Agaust 18, 1934 and died on December 31, 1972. He was a Purto Rican major leauge baseball right fielder. He played his whole carrer with the Pittsburg Pirates. He played in the all star game 15 times. Off the field he was trying to bring baseball and goods to needy countrys. He died in an aviation accident trying to bring food to people that were just in an earthquake. -
Big Money
His book Carrie was published and he got his first big break and got $400,000. And in 1976 Stephen got even more when the book Carrie was made into a movie. He said he was so not used to having that kind of money, the first thing he did was run and buy his wife a hair dryer. -
His Kids
His kids helped mold many of his characters. His daughter exspecialy helped him with the book Firestarter where he said he took the way his daughter walked and talked and poured it into his character. He also had a good relationship with his sons because he coached their little leauge baseball team and they won the championship. -
Leak
Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. This was the worst nuclear accident in U.S. history. The leak led to 40,000 gallons of radioactive water going directly into the Susquehanna river. They had to evacuate over 140,000 people. -
George Romero
George made and filmed many of Stephen's books that were made into movies. And for a few of the movies they worked together. On multiple occasions he only entrusted his work with him because he thought he would make it more true to the book. -
Stephen A Man Who Is Still Alive
On June 19, 1999 Stephen was hit by a car. he had a collapsed left lung and multiple fractures, He had five operations. They own three homes, but their main one is in Bangor Maine. He has three children and grandchildren. He has still written since the car accident, but he now writes slower and less. But as of now he is still very much alive.
