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Archive Home > 2009 > January > 29 > Author McCarthy’s childhood home burns

Author McCarthy’s childhood home burns


January 29, 2009

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The boyhood home of Pulitzer-winning author Cormac McCarthy, long abandoned and overgrown, has been destroyed by a fire even as preservationists tried in recent months to save it.

“We have lost a literary landmark,” Kim Trent, the executive....

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