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Pat Conroy

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Pat Conroy was the New York Times–bestselling author of two memoirs and seven novels, including The Prince of TidesThe Great Santini, and The Lords of Discipline. Born the eldest of seven children in a rigidly disciplined military household, he attended the Citadel, the military college of South Carolina. He briefly became a schoolteacher (which he chronicled in his memoir The Water Is Wide) before publishing his first novel, The Boo. Conroy passed away in 2016 at the age of seventy.

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The Prince of Tides book cover

The Prince of Tides

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The Lords of Discipline book cover

The Lords of Discipline

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The Water Is Wide book cover

The Water Is Wide

Pat Conroy
The Great Santini book cover

The Great Santini

Pat Conroy
A Path to the World book cover

A Path to the World

Lori Marie Carlson-Hijuelos
Gullah Images book cover

Gullah Images

Jonathan Green
My Tour through the Asylum book cover

My Tour through the Asylum

William E. Dufford
A Lowcountry Heart book cover

A Lowcountry Heart

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All the Governor's Men book cover

All the Governor's Men

Katherine Clark
The Cigar Factory book cover

The Cigar Factory

Michele Moore
Untying the Moon book cover

Untying the Moon

Ellen Malphrus
The Headmaster's Darlings book cover

The Headmaster's Darlings

Katherine Clark
Jacob Jump book cover

Jacob Jump

Eric Morris
A Clear View of the Southern Sky book cover

A Clear View of the Southern Sky

Mary Hood
Writing South Carolina book cover

Writing South Carolina

Steven Lynn
The Sheltering book cover

The Sheltering

Mark Powell
Gullah Home Cooking the Daufuskie Way book cover

Gullah Home Cooking the Daufuskie Way

Sallie Ann Robinson
The Death of Santini book cover

The Death of Santini

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State of the Heart book cover

State of the Heart

Aïda Rogers
Beach Music book cover

Beach Music

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