Thomas R. St. George, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Thomas R. St. George

American newspaper editor

Date of Birth: 23-Nov-1919

Date of Death: 29-Jul-2014

Profession: editor, journalist, novelist, autobiographer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Thomas R. St. George

  • Thomas R.
  • St.
  • George (November 23, 1919 – July 29, 2014) was an American author, World War II veteran, reporter, editor, columnist and screenwriter.
  • He was born in Simpson, Minnesota.His best known work is C/O Postmaster, a semi-autobiographical description of his experiences in Australia as a U.S.
  • soldier in 1942.
  • This book was a best seller and Time Book of the Month Club selection in 1943.St.
  • George published a sequel to Postmaster in 1945, titled Proceed Without Delay, which chronicled his further adventures in the Pacific Theater during World War II, as a writer for Yank, the Army Weekly magazine. After the war, St.
  • George was a screenwriter in Hollywood, and wrote the screenplay for the film Campus Honeymoon among others.
  • He then worked as a reporter, editor, and columnist for newspapers in Rochester, Minnesota, San Diego, Philadelphia and St.
  • Paul, Minnesota.
  • He retired from newspaper work in 1994, and devoted the next several years to a series of nine satirical, semi-autobiographical novels.
  • This collection is referred to as the Eddie Devlin Compendium, published by Xlibris.
  • This series follows a gaggle of characters from the stock market crash in 1929, through the Great Depression, World War II, to life in an old folks home at the Millennium - Old Tim's Estate (covering the years 1929-1935) Wildcat Strike (1939) The Bloody Wet (1943–1944) Bringing Chesty Home (1948) Replevy for a Flute (1956) Clyde Strikes Back (1963–1964) Flacks (1973) Deadlines (1984–1985) The Survivors (1999–2000).
  • These books are available in print and e-book versions at XLibris, Amazon.com, and Barnes & Noble. His published works, all of which he illustrated himself with sketches of his characters and their situations, are noted for their quirky humor, the lively immediacy with which he portrays a moment in time, and the often touching characterizations of people whom St.
  • George obviously knew well.In 1945, at the end of World War II, St.
  • George married a WAC (Women's Army Corps) Staff Sergeant from Philadelphia, whom he had met in Brisbane, Australia during the war.
  • They had four children.
  • His first wife died in 1994, his son died in 2004 and his second wife died in 2014.
  • His three daughters now live in Wisconsin, in Maine, and in England.
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  • George resided in the Rochester, Minnesota area in his later years.

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