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Story of Homer Croy and family fortunes in Mis souri and France
Amos Croy and wife settle on a Missouri farm where Homer grows up and becomes the first Croy to graduate high school and college. He moves to New York works in publishing writes a novel freelances marries has two children. After his parents die the family journeys to France where Homer Jr. dies unexpectedly. A relative runs into serious trouble and Homer mortgaged the farm though he already held a mortgage on his home. He wrote for an oil firm and partly paid the mortgages. His play Family Honeymoon aimed for success but was harmed by censorship by Variety.
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Amos Croy
Missouri
Homer
Croy
New York
France
Homer Jr
Variety
William Harlowe Briggs
Harper & Brothers
Maker
YMCA
Gual Corps
Lanny Ross
Chic Sale
Earl Byers
Charlie Chan
Earl
Honolulu
Charlie
New York Public Library
Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Authors’ League of America
Elmer H. Davis
Elmer
Washington
Fater
Spide
Babylon
Wilcox
Moses Nusbaurm
Atoire
State Teachers'College
Suert
Blue Moon Cafe
Tatole
Pilgrim’s Progress
Harlen Kennedy
Nellie Logan
Lloyd Logan
Opal
Robert
Kenneth
Nellie
Jim Vert
Jim
Mr. Shannon
Teloyd
Henry A. Wallace
Tina
Robert Adams
Bob
Lina
Jane
Daddy
Mummy