The O'Hara Century
March 14, 2005 · Magazine, Books and Arts
THIS YEAR MARKS THE CENTENNIAL of John O'Hara's birth. He was born on January 31, 1905, married my mother, Katharine Barnes Bryan, on January 31, 1955, and died in his sleep in their Princeton home on April 11, 1970. I was a freshman at Yale when he married "Sister," as my mother was known; and by…