Biography of john d fitzgerald obituary
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John J. Fitzgerald
John J. Fitzgerald of Longmeadow, MA, died on November 26, 2021. He was 80.
John was the second of five children born to Bridget (Buckley) and George Fitzgerald. As a youngster, he thrived in his Holyoke neighborhood, attending public school, catching pickup baseball and football games, working paper routes, and playing clarinet in the school band. He was the brother sought out for advice, the first to secure his driver’s license, the one who served as advocate. John was a reader and in his college years engaged siblings at holiday gatherings in rousing debates of national politics, foreign policy, novels, films, and religion. As he grew older, John’s drive for inquiry and discussion only increased--continuing spirited exchanges with family.
John earned a BA in government from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1963. While his college major was initially chemistry, his interest in political thought and discussion led him to philosophy and government--a mix that strengthened his passions for ideas and argument. Enlisting in the US Army after graduation, he attended Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning, Georgia in 1964 against the backdrop of an escalating Vietnam Conflict. John was commissioned Second Lieutenant (Infantry) and was s
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The Promise Is Fulfilled: Literary Aspects
of John D. Fitzgerald's Novels
Audrey M. Godfrey1
John D. Fitzgerald produced a bibliography of over three hundred publications; yet in Utah where he was born, the literary community has rarely commented on his work. Because his books appeal chiefly to children, they are basically unknown to the state's over-thirty citizens, most of whom wrongly associate his name with the writer of The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald. At his passing in May 1988, only an obituary in the Salt LakeTribune acknowledged the event. Yet to thousands of youthful readers in the United States, England, and Germany he is a well known author. The Great Brain character in Fitzgerald's series for children is as familiar as Tom Sawyer to these young people.
Fitzgerald's name evokes some recognition when coupled with the title of his book Papa Married a Mormon, however.2 Indeed, this first book made its initial appearance in McCall's magazine in 1955 and later became a bestseller for Prentice-Hall and a selection of two book clubs. Mamma's Boarding House and Uncle Will and the Fitzgerald Curse followed soon after.3 Though not greeted as enthusiastically by reviewers as the first novel, they, too, had national recognition.
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John D. Fitzgerald
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