John grogan and family biography
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When John Grogan was born on 11 April 1795, in Atlantic Ocean, his father, Dr. Edward Charles Spencer Grogan, was 23 and his mother, Mary Margaret Stebbins Webb, was 21. He married Elizabeth Tarlton Holbrook on 5 May 1821, in New Castle, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in New Castle, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States in 1821. He registered for military service in 1818. He died on 22 August 1841, in Jefferson, Coös, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 46, and was buried in Bernard Cemetery, St. Clair, Missouri, United States.
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John Grogan was born on March 20, 1957, in Detroit, Michigan, and is the youngest of four children. Shortly after his birth, his family moved from the city to Orchard Lake, Michigan, where he grew up in the neighborhood called Harbor Hills, which is the setting for his second memoir, The Longest Trip Home. His father worked as an engineer for General Motors, and his mother worked as a housewife and mother. Grogan notes that his mother's passion and gift for storytelling "wore off" on him.
Grogan claims that he fell into writing "by default because [he] was so bad at everything else," and he "could have some fun with" writing, unlike other subjects like math and science. During his high school career, Grogan wrote for the school newspaper and created an underground tabloid; he was sent to the principal's office for his involvement in the latter journalistic endeavor.
After high school, Grogan attended Central Michigan University, where he majored in journalism and English. He als
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