F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, on September 24, 1896, his father and mother were “both of catholic and Irish descent” (Meyers). He was given three names Francis Scott Fitzgerald after the writer of The Star Spangled Banner. Edward Fitzgerald’s great-great-greatgrandfather was the brother of Francis Scott Key’s grandfather. (Cowley) Both of his parents came from different backgrounds. His mother came from a family where money meant position, stability and security. But …showed first 75 words of 3777 total…

…showed last 75 words of 3777 total…the Waltz’. She spent the rest of her life as a resident or outpatient of sanitariums. Zelda Fitzgerald died in a fire in Highland Hospital in 1948. Literary Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald This Side of Paradise (1920) Flappers and Philosophers (1920) The Beautiful and Damned (1921) Tales of the Jazz Age (1922) The Vegetable; or, From President to Postman (1923) The Great Gatsby (1925) All the Sad Young Men (1926) Tender Is the Night (1934) Taps at Revielle (1935) The Crack-Up (1936) The Last Tycoon (1941)