March 28, 1968

Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist Richard Carrel Ford married Kristina Ford in Brunswick, Maine. As a child, Ford spent his summers at the Marion Hotel his grandfather managed in downtown Little Rock (Pulaski County). The time spent at the hotel provided him a unique glimpse into the adult world and helped form the keen sense of observation that illuminates much of his work.

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