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Flicka's friend: The autobiography of Mary O'Hara
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284 pages, Hardcover
First published June 1, 1982
About the author
Mary O'Hara
133 books120 followersMary O’Hara Alsop, an American author, screenwriter, and composer, was born July 10, 1885, in Cape May, N.J., to Reese Fell Alsop and Mary Lee (Spring). She grew up in Brooklyn Heights, N.Y., where her father was an Episcopal clergyman.
In 1905, Ms. O'hara married Kent Kane Parrot, whom she later divorced. Her second marriage to Helge Sture-Vasa from Sweden in 1922 also ended in divorce in 1947. Ms. O’Hara had two children from her first marriage, Mary O’Hara who died of skin cancer during her teens, and Kent Kane, Jr.
Ms. O’Hara moved to California after her first marriage where she became a screenwriter during the silent film era through the advent of talking movies.
In 1930, during her second marriage, Ms O’Hara moved to a ranch in Wyoming where she wrote her three novels, the classic “My Friend Flicka,” and the sequels “Thunderhead” and “Green Grass of Wyoming,” about the McLaughlin family and the younger son and his horse, Flicka.
In addition to writing, Ms O’Hara was a successful composer and published numerous songs for the piano. She also wrote a musical play called "The Catch Colt" which she later turned into a novel, first published in 1979 in Great Britain. The rights to performing this as a play or a musical can still be obtained through Dramatists Play Services, New York.
While she claimed her first love was musical composition, she continued writing fiction and nonfiction.
A year after her divorce from her second husband in 1947, Ms O’Hara returned to the east coast where she lived in Connecticut until 1968. She died Oct. 14, 1980, in Chevy Chase, Md. Her literary works are maintained by Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
(sources: Current Biography, 1944; Contemporary Authors, 1981)
In 1905, Ms. O'hara married Kent Kane Parrot, whom she later divorced. Her second marriage to Helge Sture-Vasa from Sweden in 1922 also ended in divorce in 1947. Ms. O’Hara had two children from her first marriage, Mary O’Hara who died of skin cancer during her teens, and Kent Kane, Jr.
Ms. O’Hara moved to California after her first marriage where she became a screenwriter during the silent film era through the advent of talking movies.
In 1930, during her second marriage, Ms O’Hara moved to a ranch in Wyoming where she wrote her three novels, the classic “My Friend Flicka,” and the sequels “Thunderhead” and “Green Grass of Wyoming,” about the McLaughlin family and the younger son and his horse, Flicka.
In addition to writing, Ms O’Hara was a successful composer and published numerous songs for the piano. She also wrote a musical play called "The Catch Colt" which she later turned into a novel, first published in 1979 in Great Britain. The rights to performing this as a play or a musical can still be obtained through Dramatists Play Services, New York.
While she claimed her first love was musical composition, she continued writing fiction and nonfiction.
A year after her divorce from her second husband in 1947, Ms O’Hara returned to the east coast where she lived in Connecticut until 1968. She died Oct. 14, 1980, in Chevy Chase, Md. Her literary works are maintained by Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
(sources: Current Biography, 1944; Contemporary Authors, 1981)
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October 3, 2011
Read as child under the shaky understanding what an 'autobiography' was and only picked up the book because it had Flicka's name in the title; found it bitterly disappointing. Very little to do with Flicka, or even horses at all for that matter, and much more on O'Hara's unhappy relationships with her husband(s) and parents.
Actually, the details of O'Hara's relationships after her breast reduction and corporal punishment had me going, "Whut?" even as a child. O'Hara capably managed to portray herself as her own Mary Sue.
Actually, the details of O'Hara's relationships after her breast reduction and corporal punishment had me going, "Whut?" even as a child. O'Hara capably managed to portray herself as her own Mary Sue.
June 28, 2020
I enjoyed reading about Mary O'Hara's life, but I enjoyed her "books", My Friend Flicka, Thunderhead and Green Grass of Wyoming more. Now I know how her life inspired these writings. I'm glad my friend John made sure I got this book to read. I had no idea it would take me so long to finally get it read, even though I had it staring me in my face next to my bed. But, I hurriedly grabbed a book when I went to a chiropractor for shoulder pain which occurred doing an "easy" exercise, one I had never done before, on winter vacation. The acupuncturist I have be seeing in that area was on an extensive leave of absence. Arriving home to a corona-virus lockdown it took awhile to find "help" since where I go for acupuncture at home was not seeing patients. The good news was I started reading "Flicka's Friend" and then I had to finish between working in the yard and other things on my agenda. I'm VERY glad I had a chance to read it. Thank you, John.
October 23, 2017
I GUESS THIS WAS WELL WRITTEN BUT THE AUTHOR WAS NOT INTERESTING TO ME. NOT SURE IF READ ANY OF HER BOOKS WHEN I WAS A KID . NOT A BAD BOOK IN ANY WAY, AN EASY WAY TO SPEND A DAY READING.
January 29, 2008
So sad!
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