Charles MacArthur
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Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, the sixth of seven children of an evangelist, Charles Gordon MacArthur left a potential clerical path for journalism, becoming a reporter for the Chicago Tribune and Daily News before serving as a private in the 149th Field Artillery during World I; after the war he published short stories in H. L. Mencken’s The Smart Set and eventually settled in New York to pursue…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
