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Katherine Anne Porter (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
Biography
Katherine Anne Porter was born in Indian Creek, Texas, on May 15, 1890, the daughter of Harrison and Mary Alice Jones Porter. Porter was proud of her descent from Daniel Boone, the brother of her great-great-grandfather. Her mother died in 1892, and the family moved to Kyle, Texas, where she was raised by her grandmother.
She early showed her independent and intrepid spirit. Educated at home and in several convent schools in the South, Porter eloped at sixteen and was divorced at nineteen. The name of her first husband is not known. Her apprenticeship as a...
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