O'Hara, Mary L. (Mary Louise), 1923-
Variant namesMary O'Hara Alsop, a writer and composer originally from New York, came to Wyoming in 1930 and along with her husband bought the Remount Ranch near Laramie. While living on the ranch, O'Hara wrote her popular Western novel "My Friend Flicka," the first of a trilogy which was followed by "Thunderhead" and "Green Grass of Wyoming," all of which were made into motion pictures. She left the ranch in 1945 and returned to the east coast. Among her other writings are a novella "The Catch Colt," for which she later wrote music and libretto for a muscial play version.
From the description of Papers, ca. 1940- ca. 1964. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCat record id: 28484964
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| creatorOf | OAC Review Index. College life : the annual oratorical contest, OAC Review, v.34, no.7, Mar. 1922, p.300-301. | University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library | |
| creatorOf | O'Hara, Mary. Papers, ca. 1940- ca. 1964. | Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. | |
| referencedIn | Moran, Eugene V. Eugene V. Moran's Wyoming Literary Map papers, 1976-1990. | Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. | |
| creatorOf | Hayward, Lillie, 1891-1977. My friend Flicka. | University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign |
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Birth 1923-05-28
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