George Harsh (1909–1980)
Author of Lonesome Road
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- Legal name
- Harsh, George Rutherford, Jr.
- Birthdate
- 1909
- Date of death
- 1980-01-25
- Gender
- male
- Education
- Country Day School (University School), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
(prep school), Asheville, North Carolina, USA
Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA - Occupations
- hospital attendant
aviator
book salesman
tree nursery - Organizations
- Bellwood Prison Camp, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Royal Canadian Air Force - Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
- Places of residence
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Asheville, North Carolina, USA
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Montreal, Canada
Kingston, Ontario, Canada - Associated Place (for map)
- USA
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George Harsh grew up from a elk to do southern family. As a private school student commits felony murder at 16 life sentence served ten years in a chain gain performs an emergency appendectomy on a man without any medical training. Sentence immured by Georgia governor. Enlists in Canadian RAF as a ball turret gunner. shot down over Germany taken prisoner. Sent to stalag 3 where he was part of great eacape effort. Write in direct strong style without embellishment. Amazing story.
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