Cormac McCarthy, the celebrated novelist known for his stunning, apocalyptic visions of the American West, has died at age 89.
July 20, 1933 in Providence, Rhode Island, the third of six children. When he was four, the family moved south to Knoxville, Tennessee, where his father worked as a lawyer for the Tennessee Valley Authority. McCarthy later spent two years at the University of Tennessee where he studied physics and engineering.in 2007, he was “good at” science, but he “wasn’t that good.” He continued: “I didn’t want to do anything unless I could be the best at it. That’s my own personal extravagant ego.
He found his way to writing after a professor asked him to re-punctuate a collection of 18th century essays for inclusion in a text book. Then, after dropping out of college, joining the Air Force, and finding himself stationed in Alaska for two years, he became a voracious reader.
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