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George Sessions Perry

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Rockdale, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 30° 39' 28.60835000004", -97° 0' 3.60824000004"
 
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     The son of Andrew and Laura Perry, George Sessions Perry was born May 5, 1910, in Rockdale. In 1933, he married Claire Hodges of Beaumont. Four years later, he published the first in a long line of fiction and non-fiction stories and novels, many of which were based on people and events from his growing-up years in Rockdale. As a World War II correspondent, he brought first-hand accounts of the war to readers of The New Yorker and The Saturday Evening Post. Perry won several major awards, including the 1941 National Book Award, before his death in 1956-57.

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

George Sessions Perry Historical Marker Location Map, Rockdale, Texas