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John O'Hara was born on January 31, 1905.
"On 18 November 1903 two powerful families of Pennsylvania united - the O'Haras and the Delaneys - at Our Lady Help of Christian Churches in Lykens, Pennsylvania. Out of its union, one of America's most neglected authors - John Henry O'Hara - was born on 31 January 1905 above his father's (Dr. Patrick O'Hara) office at 125 Mahantongo Street, Pottsville, Schuykill County, Pennsylvania. John Henry O'Hara ...was born into a rather impressive Irish-Catholic family whose lineage on the O'Hara side could be traced back to the Celtic stock of the ninth century, and on the Delaney side back into pre-Revolutionary times."
Mac Arthur, Pamela C., The Genteel John O'Hara, Peter Lang AG, International Academic Publishers, 2009, pages 11-12.
THE JOHN O'HARA SOCIETY celebrates the life and works of John O'Hara, Pennsylvania's pre-eminent contemporary author and America's greatest short-story writer. The JOHS studies, publishes, and diffuses works by and about the author. Membership is free. For details, contact the JOHS's Corresponding Secretary, Richard Carreño, via Philabooks@yahoo.com. © MMXXIV John O'Hara Society.
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