Marion H. Montgomery Jr. was born on April 16, 1925 in Thomaston (Upson County), GA. He served in the U.S. Army during WWII and also served as a guard during the Nuremberg Trial. After the war he studied at the University of Georgia. He earned both a bachelor's and master's degree there. After teaching at private schools and studying at the University of Iowa Montgomery returned to UGA where he taught for 33 years. His last book , With Walker Percy at the Tupperware Party: In Company with Flannery O'Connor, T. S. Eliot, and Others,was published in 2009. Montgomery died on November 23, 2011 in Crawford (Oglethorpe County), GA.
Suggested Readings:
Novels
The Wandering of Desire (1962)
Darrell (1964)
Fugitive (1974)
Poetry
Dry Lightning (1960),
Stones from the Rubble (1965)
The Gull and Other Georgia Scenes (1969)
It might be a little hard to find copies of his novels. Check your local library. When I searched for copies of Fugitive I found 15 copies in the Pines (Public Information Network for Electronic Services) system. There are about 284 Georgia libraries participating in this system. Check with your local library.
