Pat Conroy

Pat Conroy

Academy of Achievement

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The oldest son of a Marine Corps fighter pilot, Pat Conroy recalled his father's strict discipline in his novel, The Great Santini. His education at the South Carolina military academy, the Citadel, inspired another novel, The Lords of Discipline. Both books were made into outstanding motion pictures. Conroy's struggles to teach poor black children on an isolated island community while fighting the indifference of an unsympathetic local school bo...Read More
The oldest son of a Marine Corps fighter pilot, Pat Conroy recalled his father's strict di...Read More