Author Pat Conroy died on March 4, 2016 of pancreatic cancer. He specialized in tales of the American South, drawn from his own difficult childhood. He once said: "My mother's voice and my father's fists are two bookends of my childhood, and they form the basis of my art." It is no exaggeration to say that learning to become a storyteller and literature helped save Conroy from the horrors of his early life. Here are 13 vocabulary words from quotes from the mind and work of Pat Conroy.
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