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Edward Thomas Marion Lawton Hargrove Jr. [1] (October 13, 1919 – August 23, 2003) was an American writer. Early years. Hargrove was born in Mount Olive, North Carolina. He worked on the newspaper at his Charlotte, North Carolina, high school and worked part-time at The Charlotte News while he was in high school. [1] .
Aug 28, 2003 · Marion Hargrove, the hapless G.I. whose light-hearted account of Army basic training, ''See Here, Private Hargrove,'' became a No. 1 best seller in 1942 and transformed him into a World War II...
Marion Hargrove had a huge success with his book See Here, Private Hargrove, which sold 3,500,000 copies. Warner Bros. approached him to see if he would write a story about a draftee in the army in peacetime. Hargrove agreed but wanted the story to be accurate, as he had left the army in 1945.
Marion Hargrove was born on 13 October 1919 in Mount Olive, North Carolina, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for The Music Man (1962) , The Waltons (1972) and I Spy (1965) . He was married to Robin Edwards Roosevelt and Alison Bird Pfeiffer.
- Writer, Producer
- October 13, 1919
- Marion Hargrove
- August 23, 2003
Aug 23, 2003 · Edward Thomas Marion Lawton Hargrove Jr.[1] (October 13, 1919 – August 23, 2003) was an American writer. Hargrove was born in Mount Olive, North Carolina. He worked on the newspaper at his Charlotte, North Carolina, high school and worked part-time at The Charlotte News while he was in high...
Aug 29, 2003 · Marion Hargrove, the Army draftee from North Carolina who turned his misadventures in basic training into the humorous World War II bestseller “See Here, Private Hargrove,” has died. He was 83.
Writer: The Music Man. Marion Hargrove was born on 13 October 1919 in Mount Olive, North Carolina, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for The Music Man (1962), The Waltons (1972) and I Spy (1965).
