Author and Nonfiction Writer

C.D.B. Bryan

1 article 2005

C.D.B. Bryan was an American author and journalist known for his nonfiction works, including the National Book Award-winning 'Friendly Fire' and 'The Great Dehooganizer.' He contributed a piece to The Weekly Standard on the centennial legacy of novelist John O'Hara.

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…