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Pat Conroy

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Donald Patrick "Pat" Conroy (October 26, 1945 – March 4, 2016) was an American author who wrote several acclaimed novels and memoirs. [1]

63 relations: Alabama, Atlanta, Beach Music (novel), Beaufort, South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, Chicago, Conrack, Corporal punishment, Daufuskie Island, David Keith, Donald Conroy, Donna Musil, Doug Marlette, Editing, Editorial cartoon, English studies, Expatriate, Georgia (U.S. state), God, Hallmark Cards, Illinois, Joe Klein, Jon Voight, List of teachers portrayed in films, Mary Edwards Wertsch, Memoir, Military brat (U.S. subculture), My Losing Season, National Education Association, Novel, Orlando, Florida, Pancreatic cancer, Physical abuse, Psychological abuse, Publishers Weekly, Robert Duvall, Robert Prosky, Rome, South Carolina, South of Broad, Southern Conference, Southern United States literature, Suicide, Terminal illness, The Boo, The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, The Death of Santini, The Great Santini, The Great Santini (novel), The Lords of Discipline, ..., The Lords of Discipline (film), The New York Times, The Prince of Tides, The Prince of Tides (novel), The Water Is Wide (book), United States Marine Corps, University of South Carolina Press, University Press of Kentucky, Unrooted Childhoods, USA Today, Vietnam War, Virginia Military Institute, 1966–67 The Citadel Bulldogs basketball team. Expand index (13 more) »

Alabama

Alabama is a state in the southeastern region of the United States.

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Atlanta

Atlanta is the capital city and most populous municipality of the state of Georgia in the United States.

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Beach Music (novel)

Beach Music is Pat Conroy's novel of Jack McCall, a South Carolina native who flees the South with his daughter Leah after his wife commits suicide.

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Beaufort, South Carolina

Beaufort (a different pronunciation from that used by the city with the same name in North Carolina) is a city in and the county seat of Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States.

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Charleston, South Carolina

Charleston is the oldest and largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina, the county seat of Charleston County, and the principal city in the Charleston–North Charleston–Summerville Metropolitan Statistical Area.

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Chicago

Chicago, officially the City of Chicago, is the third most populous city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles.

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Conrack

Conrack is a 1974 DeLuxe Color film in Panavision based on the 1972 autobiographical book The Water Is Wide by Pat Conroy, directed by Martin Ritt and starring Jon Voight in the title role, alongside Paul Winfield, Madge Sinclair, Hume Cronyn and Antonio Fargas.

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Corporal punishment

Corporal punishment or physical punishment is a punishment intended to cause physical pain on a person.

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Daufuskie Island

Daufuskie Island, located between Hilton Head Island and Savannah, is the southernmost inhabited sea island in South Carolina.

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David Keith

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Donald Conroy

Donald "The Great Santini" Conroy (April 4, 1921 – May 9, 1998) was a United States Marine Corps colonel and a member of the famed Black Sheep Squadron during the Korean War.

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Donna Musil

Donna Musil is an American documentary filmmaker, writer, and activist exploring the subculture of U.S. military brats.

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Doug Marlette

Douglas Nigel "Doug" Marlette (December 6, 1949 – July 10, 2007) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American editorial cartoonist who, at the time of his death, had also published two novels and was "finding his voice in writing long-length fiction.", an Associated Press story via CNN His popular comic strip Kudzu, distributed by Universal Press Syndicate from 1981 to 2007, was adapted into a musical comedy.

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Editing

Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, visual, audible, and film media used to convey information.

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Editorial cartoon

An editorial cartoon, also known as a political cartoon, is a drawing containing a commentary expressing the artist's opinion.

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English studies

English studies (usually called simply English) is an academic discipline taught in primary, secondary, and post-secondary education in English-speaking countries; it is not to be confused with English taught as a foreign language, which is a distinct discipline.

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Expatriate

An expatriate (often shortened to expat) is a person temporarily or permanently residing in a country other than their native country.

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Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a state in the Southeastern United States.

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God

In monotheistic thought, God is conceived of as the Supreme Being and the principal object of faith.

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Hallmark Cards

Hallmark Cards, Inc. is a private, family-owned U.S. company based in Kansas City, Missouri.

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Illinois

Illinois is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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Joe Klein

Joe Klein (born September 7, 1946) is a political columnist for Time magazine and is known for his novel Primary Colors, an anonymously written roman à clef portraying Bill Clinton's first presidential campaign.

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Jon Voight

Jonathan Vincent Voight (born December 29, 1938) is an American actor.

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List of teachers portrayed in films

The following real-life inspirational/motivational instructors/mentors have been portrayed in popular films.

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Mary Edwards Wertsch

Mary Edwards Wertsch (born Mary Brightwell Edwards on July 23, 1951) is an author, journalist, independent publisher, and expert on the subculture of American military brats.

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Memoir

A memoir (US: /ˈmemwɑːr/; from French: mémoire: memoria, meaning memory or reminiscence) is a collection of memories that an individual writes about moments or events, both public or private, that took place in the subject's life.

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Military brat (U.S. subculture)

"Military brat" and various "brat" derivatives describe the child of a parent or parents serving full-time in the United States Armed Forces, and can also refer to the subculture and lifestyle of such families.

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My Losing Season

My Losing Season is a memoir by Pat Conroy.

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National Education Association

The National Education Association (NEA) is the largest professional interest group in the United States.

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Novel

A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, normally in prose, which is typically published as a book.

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Orlando, Florida

Orlando is a city in the U.S. state of Florida and the county seat of Orange County.

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Pancreatic cancer

Pancreatic cancer arises when cells in the pancreas, a glandular organ behind the stomach, begin to multiply out of control and form a mass.

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Physical abuse

Physical abuse is any intentional act causing injury or trauma to another person or animal by way of bodily contact.

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Psychological abuse

Psychological abuse (also referred to as psychological violence, emotional abuse, or mental abuse) is a form of abuse, characterized by a person subjecting, or exposing, another person to behavior that may result in psychological trauma, including anxiety, chronic depression, or post-traumatic stress disorder.

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Publishers Weekly

Publishers Weekly (PW) is an American weekly trade news magazine targeted at publishers, librarians, booksellers and literary agents.

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Robert Duvall

Robert Selden Duvall (born January 5, 1931) is an American actor and filmmaker.

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Robert Prosky

Robert Prosky (born Robert Joseph Porzuczek, December 13, 1930 – December 8, 2008) was a Polish-American actor and comedian.

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Rome

Rome (Roma; Roma) is the capital city of Italy and a special comune (named Comune di Roma Capitale).

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South Carolina

South Carolina is a U.S. state in the southeastern region of the United States.

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South of Broad

South of Broad is a 2009 novel by Pat Conroy.

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Southern Conference

The Southern Conference (SoCon) is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I. Southern Conference football teams compete in the Football Championship Subdivision (formerly known as Division I-AA).

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Southern United States literature

Southern literature (sometimes called the literature of the American South) is defined as American literature about the Southern United States or by writers from this region.

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Suicide

Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death.

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Terminal illness

Terminal illness is an incurable disease that cannot be adequately treated and is reasonably expected to result in the death of the patient.

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The Boo

The Boo was the first book by writer Pat Conroy.

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The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina

The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, commonly referred to simply as The Citadel, is a state-supported, comprehensive college located in Charleston, South Carolina, United States.

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The Death of Santini

The Death of Santini: The Story of a Father and His Son is a 2013 memoir written by Pat Conroy.

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The Great Santini

The Great Santini is a 1979 American drama film written and directed by Lewis John Carlino, based on the 1976 novel of the same name by Pat Conroy.

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The Great Santini (novel)

The Great Santini is a novel written by Pat Conroy and published in 1976.

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The Lords of Discipline

The Lords of Discipline is a 1980 novel by Pat Conroy that was later adapted in a 1983 film of the same name.

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The Lords of Discipline (film)

The Lords of Discipline is a 1983 American film based on the novel by Pat Conroy and directed by Franc Roddam.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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The Prince of Tides

The Prince of Tides is a 1991 American romantic drama film based on the 1986 novel of the same name by Pat Conroy; the film stars Barbra Streisand and Nick Nolte.

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The Prince of Tides (novel)

The Prince of Tides is a novel by Pat Conroy, first published in 1986.

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The Water Is Wide (book)

The Water Is Wide is a 1972 memoir by Pat Conroy and is based on his work as a teacher on Daufuskie Island, South Carolina, which is called Yamacraw Island in the book.

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United States Marine Corps

The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting amphibious operations with the United States Navy.

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University of South Carolina Press

The University of South Carolina Press (or USC Press), founded in 1944, is a university press that is part of the University of South Carolina.

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University Press of Kentucky

The University Press of Kentucky (UPK) is the scholarly publisher for the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and was organized in 1969 as successor to the University of Kentucky Press.

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Unrooted Childhoods

Unrooted Childhoods: Memoirs of Growing up Global is a book of memoirs of people who grew up in multiple countries, or moving frequently between distant regions within the same country, also known as third culture kids, and is edited by Faith Eidse and Nina Sichel.

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USA Today

USA Today is an internationally distributed American daily, middle-market newspaper that serves as the flagship publication of its owner, the Gannett Company.

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Vietnam War

The Vietnam War (Chiến tranh Việt Nam), also known as the Second Indochina War, and in Vietnam as the Resistance War Against America (Kháng chiến chống Mỹ) or simply the American War, was a conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.

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Virginia Military Institute

The Virginia Military Institute (VMI) is a state-supported military college in Lexington, Virginia, the oldest such institution in the United States.

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1966–67 The Citadel Bulldogs basketball team

The 1966–67 The Citadel Bulldogs basketball team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 1966–67 NCAA University Division men's basketball season.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Conroy

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