F. Scott Fitzgerald was born to Mollie and Edward Fitzgerald, and was named after his ancestor Francis Scott Key, who wrote our national anthem. It quickly became a family named, passed on throughout the generations. He traveled often through his life, though he was born in St. Paul, Minnesota.
His family moved to Buffalo, New York when he was three, and he stayed there until the age of 15, when he was sent to Hackensack, New Jersey for schooling.
From a young age, Fitzgerald loved to create stories, and wrote for many clubs for his school. He ended up submitting a novel to a publisher while he was in school, only to have it rejected. This would, unfortunately, be a common problem for him, only managing to publish 4 of his novels, though he dealt mostly in short stories.
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As he traveled with the Infantry, he was placed in Montgomery, Alabama, where he met the woman who would eventually be his wife, Zelda Sayre. Terrified that he might be killed in the war, he hastily scribbled out another novel, which he attempted to have published, which once again failed him. Luckily, the war ended before he could ever be shipped out.
Depression and health problems caused Fitzgerald to become a heavy alcoholic. He was often drunk, and often wrote drunk. His unstable revenue never helped matters, and Zelda, fearing that he could not support her, broke off their engagement, only to resume 2 years later after Fitzgerald published his first book, causing his income to