Quote of the day
In the decline of the day, near Kentucky river, as we ascended the brow of a small hill, a number of Indians rushed out of a thick cane-brake upon us, and made us prisoners.
John Fante

Born: April 8, 1909
Died: May 8, 1983 (aged 74)
Bio: John Fante was an American novelist, short story writer and screenwriter of Italian descent.
Known for:
- Ask the Dust (1939)
- Wait Until Spring, Bandini (1938)
- Dreams from Bunker Hill (1982)
- The brotherhood of the grape (1977)
- The Bandini Quartet