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Catherine Rodgers McLain (March 27, 1916 -
July 13, 2004) was born in Camp Hill, Alabama, in a house
built by her father, and where she lived for most of her life. Her
published short stories and one of her novels, The Towers
Inheritance, were highly
successful and critically acclaimed. Her first novel, however, The Swinging Gate,
suffered a different fate. Purchased by Doubleday and Company, this
promising anti-war novel was finally deemed too controversial and shelved. She considered it her
finest work. A nonfiction book which she called "a biography of
sorts," was a labor of love for many years and rests unpublished in the archives at
Auburn University. |
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Selected Bibliography First short story
(Birmingham News-Age Herald,
1937) |
read
an excerpt
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La Herencia De Los Towers
(the Spanish translation of The Towers Inheritance) was one of the first three books in a struggling new library. Read this translation
of a Spanish web site
Famed artist and illustrator Gerald McCann, who coincidentally was born the same
year as Catherine Rodgers, 1916, also died in January 2004. His paintings
frequently depict horses and western scenes.
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