Mary O'Hara

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born

in Cape May Point, New Jersey, The United States

July 10, 1885

died

October 14, 1980

gender

female

genre

Literature & Fiction, Children's Books

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Mary O’Hara Alsop, an American author, screenwriter, and composer, was born July 10, 1885, in Cape May, N.J., to Reese Fell Alsop and Mary Lee (Spring). She grew up in Brooklyn Heights, N.Y., where her father was an Episcopal clergyman.

In 1905, Ms. O'hara married Kent Kane Parrot, whom she later divorced. Her second marriage to Helge Sture-Vasa from Sweden in 1922 also ended in divorce in 1947. Ms. O’Hara had two children from her first marriage, Mary O’Hara who died of skin cancer during her teens, and Kent Kane, Jr.

Ms. O’Hara moved to California after her first marriage where she became a screenwriter during the silent film era through the advent of talking movies.

In 1930, during her second marriage, Ms O’Hara moved to a ranch in Wyoming...more

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Mary O'Hara's Books

Average rating: 4.11 · 14,911 ratings · 235 reviews · 20 distinct works · Similar authors

	My Friend Flicka by Mary O'Hara, Dave Blossom (Illustrator) 4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 12,752 ratings — published 1941 — 46 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thunderhead 4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 1,477 ratings — published 1943 — 15 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Green Grass Of Wyoming 4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 561 ratings — published 1919 — 12 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Catch Colt 3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 1964 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Green Grass Of Wyoming 1 4.31 of 5 stars 4.31 avg rating — 13 ratings	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Flicka's Friend: The Autobiography of Mary O'Hara 3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1982	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Een zoele zomer in Wyoming by C.H.J. Maliepaard (translator), Mary O'Hara 4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 1963 — 12 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scent Of The Roses 3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mein Freund Flicka / Sturmwind, Flickas Sohn 4.67 of 5 stars 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1993	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Song for Ireland 3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Flicka (3 books)
by Mary O'Hara
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Quotes by Mary O'Hara

“Looking backward through life, one can see the points of change like great locks through which one glides on a flood wave, so smoothly, on such irresistible power that one is hardly aware of any movement. But life is never the same again. One has gone through the lock and lives on a new level.”
― Mary O'Hara, Green Grass of Wyoming

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“I'll go on writing till the end of my days. I have been writing too long to stop.”
― Mary O'Hara

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“Sooner or later every writer evolves his own definition of a story.

Mine is: A reflection of life plus beginning and end (life seems not to have either) and a meaning.”
― Mary O'Hara, Een zoele zomer in Wyoming

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