| Born in September in 1896 in St. Paul his parents had medium money his
fathers family had money but his father didnt have much and had an inferiority
complex. His family was Irish Catholic, and went to a Catholic school. His
mother had some money. He loved football. In 1913 he went to Princeton and studied dramatics. He received bad grades. He then flunked out his sophomore year but got back in. A star is born in 1917. Fitzgerald dropped out of college and joined the army . He was on leave for a weekend when he met Zelda. In 1919 he fell in love and they got engaged. He started writing stories in magazines, and in 1920 his first book, 'This Side of Paradise', was published. The next month he married Zelda and the money began rolling in.
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