John O'Hara was a prolific and recognized author-until his support for Barry Goldwater changed everything. John O’Hara: The Novelist Whose Conservatism Robbed Him of Fame - The American Conservative ...

Author John O'Hara, Pottsville's Not-So-Favorite Son. November 21, 2007. The woods are full of writers who had acrimonious relationships with their home towns, but John O'Hara , right, deserves ...

BY CHRISTINE LEEWhen author John O’Hara thought about his hometown, it wasn’t in the most favorable light, according to Schuylkill County Historical Society Executive Director Diana Prosymchak ...

POTTSVILLE — Two days before what would have been John O’Hara’s 120th birthday, a group of readers got together to discuss the author’s best-known novel, “Appointment in Samarra.” O ...

Tom Nolan is the author of "Ross Macdonald: A Biography." Ever since he burst onto the scene in 1934 at the age of 29 with his dazzling first novel, “Appointment in Samarra,” appreciating John ...