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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Norris, Frank

Norris, Frank
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Introduction

Early Life:

Frank Norris was born in March, 1870, in Chicago. His father was a
businessman who provided well for the family and his mother was an actress
who retired from the stage when she married. His mother kept alive her
dramatic interests by reading to the family from Scott, Dickens, and
Stevenson.

As an eight-year-old boy, Norris made his first trip to Europe. When he
was fourteen years old the family moved to San Francisco. As he grew older,
Norris was expected to follow in the footsteps of his father in business. He
was sent to ...

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