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Born
He was born in St. Paul, Minnesota -
His first published
He published into his first new paper at 13 for his school at St. Paul academy -
College
He attended Princeton, where he wrote musicals and published in the news papers. -
Drop out
He had to leave after 3 years and join the army. -
Love
He meet his wife while in the army not on deployment, but would not commit to him because of his finances. -
Quitting time
He was discharged from the army -
New life
He moved from the army to New York City -
First book
This side of paradise made him an instant best seller and really made a name for himself -
Wedding bells
After his success, he asked for her marriage and they eventually had a little girl. -
Jazz age
The roaring 20s was the time for jazz, it was new and extremely popular -
support for his novels
He wrote 178 stores total that worked to financially support his main business of writing novels -
Moving
He decided to move to France to spark his creativity, which must have worked because he published his masterpiece, the Great Gatsby -
Tender is the night
His next book after his masterpiece, it never really reached the same success of The great Gatsby but it was still rather successful. -
Dark side
He struggled with drinking and depression, this was further pushed when close friends became more successful while he faded. -
Desperate
He came to Hollywood to write screen plays to make quick money, then leave back to write novels. -
Abrupt ending
He sadly passed from a heart attack while half way through a novel he was writing. -
One of the 21st centuries greatest authors
He perfectly captured American in the 1920s, writing one of the greatest novels “The great Gatsby”