![]() According to Owens, Greater Mount Dora was intended by Frank to be the model for his semi-fictional Fort Repose. ![]() Adam ( 1946 ), Frank’s first published work. His other novels include Hold Back the Night , An Affair of State, and Forbidden Area .įrank’s experiences reporting on the Korean War are described in his autobiographical travelogue The Long Way Round and Influence Hold Back the Night .įrank wrote his most popular work, the post-apocalyptic novel Alas, Babylon , while living in Tangerine, Florida on Lake Beauclaire near Mount Dora . Vivian Owens, an author familiar with local history, states that “Pistolville”, the name Frank gave to an area near Fort Repose in the novel, was in fact located between the southern edge of Mount Dora to its north and Tangerine to its south. During his early career, he lived mainly in New York City , Washington , and overseas during World War II . He worked for the Office of War Information and was a correspondent in Italy, Austria , Germany, and Turkey . He died on Octoin Atlantic Beach, Florida , just east Jacksonville , at age 56 due to acute pancreatitis . ![]() ![]() He was a journalist and information handler for several newspapers, agencies, and government bureaus. ![]()
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