Frank yerby biography
Frank yerby biography
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Frank Yerby
American novelist, 1916–1991
Frank Yerby | |
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| Born | Frank Garvin Yerby (1916-09-05)September 5, 1916 Augusta, Georgia, United States |
| Died | November 29, 1991(1991-11-29) (aged 75) Madrid, Spain |
| Occupation | Historical novelist |
| Spouse | Flora Williams; Blanca Calle Perez |
| Children | Jacques Yerby, Nikki Yerby, Faune Yerby, Jan Yerby |
| Relatives | Alonzo Yerby (brother) |
Frank Garvin Yerby ((1916-09-05)September 5, 1916 – (1991-11-29)November 29, 1991) was an American writer, best known for his 1946 historical novel The Foxes of Harrow.[1][2]
Early life
Yerby was born in Augusta, Georgia, on September 5, 1916, the second of four children of Rufus Garvin Yerby (1886–1961), a hotel doorman, and Wilhelmina Ethel Yerby (née Smythe) (1888–1960), a teacher.[3] Yerby's ancestry was Black, White, and Native American.
Yerby would later refer to himself as "a young man whose list of ancestors read like a mini-United Nat