Atlanta, Georgia, Patrick "Pat" Conroy was the eldest of seven children (five boys and two girls) born to Marine Colonel Donald Conroy, of Chicago, Illinois...
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as it happened". the Guardian. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022. "Mr Pat Conroy MP". Senators and Members of the Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 16...
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Meecham in the novel The Great Santini, which was written by his son Pat Conroy. Conroy was originally from Chicago and left Saint Ambrose College in Davenport...
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Patrick Conroy is the name of: Patrick J. Conroy (born 1950), 60th Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives Pat Conroy (1945–2016), author...
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SSN-AUKUS. In November 2023, Australian Minister for Defence Industry Pat Conroy said the submarines would use an "evolved" version of the AN/BYG1 Combat...
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The Prince of Tides (category Films based on works by Pat Conroy)
by Barbra Streisand, from a screenplay written by Pat Conroy and Becky Johnston, based on Conroy's 1986 novel. It stars Streisand and Nick Nolte. It tells...
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The Great Santini (novel) (category Books by Pat Conroy)
The Great Santini is a novel written by Pat Conroy and published in 1976. Hard-nosed Marine fighter pilot Lt. Col. Wilbur "Bull" Meecham calls himself...
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Pat Conroy (1900–1988) was a Scottish-Canadian trade unionist. Born in Baillieston, Scotland, he began work at the age of 13 as a miner in Great Britain...
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Southern Book Prize (redirect from Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize)
renamed the Southern Book Prize and awarded in honor of southern writer Pat Conroy, who died in March 2016. The first awards were given in 1999. From 1999...
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the recipient of numerous awards and nominations, including the 2016 Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize and the Goodreads #1 Middle Grade Novel of 2015. Serafina...
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Awards Mike Conroy (footballer born 1965), Scottish footballer Millington Conroy (born 1952), collector of Marilyn Monroe artifacts Pat Conroy (1945–2016)...
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Eye". Hephner starred as author Pat Conroy in the Hallmark Hall of Fame TV movie The Water Is Wide (2006), based on Conroy's book and a remake of the drama...
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The Great Santini (category Films based on works by Pat Conroy)
and directed by Lewis John Carlino. It is based on the 1976 novel by Pat Conroy. The film stars Robert Duvall, Blythe Danner, and Michael O'Keefe. A warrior...
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The Prince of Tides (novel) (category Books by Pat Conroy)
The Prince of Tides is a novel by Pat Conroy, first published in 1986. It revolves around traumatic events that affected former football player Tom Wingo's...
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The Water Is Wide (book) (category Books by Pat Conroy)
The Water Is Wide is a 1972 memoir by Pat Conroy and is based on his work as a teacher on Daufuskie Island, South Carolina, which is called Yamacraw Island...
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The Lords of Discipline (film) (category Films based on works by Pat Conroy)
Lords of Discipline is a 1983 American film based on the 1980 novel by Pat Conroy and directed by Franc Roddam. The film stars David Keith, Robert Prosky...
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Beach Music (novel) (category Books by Pat Conroy)
Beach Music is Pat Conroy's novel about Jack McCall, a South Carolina native who flees the South with his daughter Leah after his wife commits suicide...
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Boo, the first book authored by famed novelist Pat Conroy and the inspiration for “The Bear” in Conroy's novel The Lords of Discipline. Born in Savannah...
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Archived from the original on 29 March 2013. Minister for Defence Industry Pat Conroy (17 May 2023). "New Bushmasters for the Australian Defence Force". Department...
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a first cousin to novelist Pat Conroy. Report: Citadel Bulldogs' Ed Conroy hired to coach Tulane Green Wave - ESPN "Conroy Relieved of Duties as Head...
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The album's title is a reference to the 1995 novel of the same name by Pat Conroy. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews...
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The Lords of Discipline (category Books by Pat Conroy)
The Lords of Discipline is a 1980 novel by Pat Conroy that was later adapted in a 1983 film of the same name. The story centers on Will McLean, who is...
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South of Broad (category Books by Pat Conroy)
South of Broad is a 2009 novel by Pat Conroy. The novel follows the life of Leopold Bloom King in Charleston, South Carolina. It ranges from his troubled...
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War history. The island is also the setting of Pat Conroy's memoir The Water Is Wide recounting Conroy's experiences teaching on Daufuskie in the late...
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violent role of the Ku Klux Klan and their abuse of freedmen. Author Pat Conroy, in his preface to a later edition of the novel, describes Mitchell's...
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her own imprint, Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, publishing authors such as Pat Conroy, Ian McEwan, and Peter Ackroyd. Nan Irene Ahearn Talese was born in 1933...
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Chris Bowen Tony Burke Mark Butler Jim Chalmers Jason Clare Julie Collins Pat Conroy Mark Dreyfus Don Farrell Katy Gallagher Ed Husic Catherine King Madeleine...
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Network series Yellowstone (2020-2022). Patton portrayed the character of Sam Conroy in the film American Violet (2008). From 2011 to 2015, he starred as Colonel...
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Is Wide (book) (1972), by Pat Conroy The Water Is Wide (2006 film), a Hallmark Hall of Fame TV movie based on Pat Conroy's book "The Water Is Wide" (song)...
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Conrack (category Films based on works by Pat Conroy)
drama film based on the 1972 autobiographical book The Water Is Wide by Pat Conroy, directed by Martin Ritt and starring Jon Voight in the title role, alongside...
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