Frank O'Rourke
Baseball
Born in Denver, Colorado, he attended Kemper Military School. A very talented amateur baseball player, he considered trying out for a professional team, but was called up for service in World War II. By the end of the war he had decided to become a writer; his first novel was E Company (1945), based in part on his wartime experiences. O\'Rourke dedicated the book to Max Brand, whom he knew before the war. In the book O\'Rourke named a fictional war correspondent Max Hastings after him.\n', '
Several of O\'Rourke\'s novels were filmed; The Bravados (1958) was the first, and his novel A Mule for the Marquesa was made into a popular movie named The Professionals (1966). The Great Bank Robbery was filmed in 1969. He married artist Edith Carlson.\n', '
Later in life, O\'Rourke turned to writing children\'s literature. A long-time sufferer of bronchial asthma, and made even more ill by the…
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