Cormic McCarthy: An Award Winn

When Cormac McCarthy was four years old (1937), the family moved to Knoxville, Tennessee, and his father became a lawyer for the Tennessee Valley Authority. Because Cormac was raised a Roman Catholic, he attended Catholic High School in Knoxville, then went on to the University of Tennessee from 1951 through 1952. His major was liberal arts. In 1953, Cormac joined the U.S. Air Force and served four years, two of which was in Alaska, where he hosted a radio show. However, McCarthy returned to the University and wrote in a student literary magazine. In this magazine, The Phoenix, he called himself C.J. McCarthy. In 1959 and 1960, he won the Ingram-Merrill Award for

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“Except for a few odds and ends (his favorite novel is Moby-Dick; he doesn’t care much for the work of Henry James, he doesn’t like to talk about writing, ect.), that’s what we know about Cormac McCarthy. Its not much, but until he becomes less reluctant to discuss his private life, it’s all we’re going to get” (Priola,Cormac 7).

---. “Cogan’s Reviews. Review of The Crossing.” Mexico Connect. 28 Feb. 2002 file://A:Alan%20Cogan%20Reviews%20The%20Crossing.htm

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