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Alas, Babylon Lesson Plan

About the Author

Pat Frank was the pen name of Harry Hart Frank, an American author, journalist, and government consultant who lived and worked throughout the first part of the 19th century. He is most famous for his apocalyptic novel Alas, Babylon. Some of his other works include Mr. Adam, about a nuclear mishap that causes worldwide male infertility, and Hold Back the Night, about the Korean War.

Frank was born in Chicago in 1908 and died in Jacksonville, Florida in 1964 of acute pancreatitis. He began his career as a journalist and information handler for various newspapers, agencies, and government bureaus. In his early career, he spent most of his time living in New York, Washington, and eventually...

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