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James Hurst


Born
in The United States
January 01, 1922

Died
October 24, 2013

Genre
Fiction


Early life-
James Hurst grew up in North Carolina on a coastal farm, the present site of US Marine Corps. Camp LeJeune.

After attending North Carolina State College and serving in the United States Army during World War II, he studied singing and acting at the renowned Juilliard School of Music in New York. Hoping for a career in opera, he went to Italy for additional study. After three years he abandoned his musical ambitions. Upon return to the States in 1951, he began a 34-year career in the international department of a large New York City Bank.

Writing career-
During his early years at the bank, he wrote a play and short stories, some of which were published in small literary magazines. "The Scarlet Ibis" first appeared in The Atlantic Mon ...more

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The Scarlet Ibis
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“Pride is a wonderful terrible thing a seed that bears two vines life and death.”
― James Hurst, The Scarlet Ibis
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“There is within me a knot of cruelty borne by the stream of love, much as our blood sometimes bears the seed of our destruction ...”
― James Hurst, The Scarlet Ibis
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“All of us must have something or someone to be proud of.”
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