The Life of Frank Herbert

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Frank Herbert was a science fiction author who was born in Tacoma, Washington on October 8, 1920. At the age of eighteen, Herbert ran away from home because of poor home conditions and he was tired of being a waif. He moved to Salem, Oregon to live with his aunt. Next, he attended Salem High School and graduated the next year. In 1939, Herbert wryly lied about his age and got his first newspaper job working for the “Grendale Star.” One year after getting his first job in 1939, he got a job at the “Oregon Statesmen” newspaper and worked a variety of different positions, including photographer. After working at the “Oregon Statesmen”, Herbert became a photographer for the United States Navy in World War II. He then attended college at the University of Washington. Herbert ended up not graduating college. When he was twenty-five, Herbert sold two adventure stories to Esquire Magazine. When he was twenty-six, Herbert married Beverly Stuart, and they had two sons and a daughter. In 1949 Herbert and his wife moved to Santa Rosa, California, and he began writing for the Santa Rosa Press Democrat. Herbert was an extremely great science-fiction writer who had a life of adventure and wrote many influential works.
Herbert was a bright student in school, but he was also a troublemaker and it caused him to struggle in life. Herbert’s “curiosity and independent spirit got him into trouble more than once when he was growing up, and caused him difficulties as an adult as well” (Frank Herbert Dune). Herbert had many difficulties throughout his early years. He did do badly in high school but he did even worse in college. Herbert eventually dropped out of the University of Washington because he refused to take the required courses. Herbert did not ...

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