Patrick lafcadio hearn biography for kids
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Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904)
Lafcadio Hearn led a colorful and adventurous life as a journalist, writer, and introducer of Japan to western culture.
Patrick lafcadio hearn biography for kids
He was
born Patrick Lafcadio Hearn on the island of Lefkas in Greece (hence is middle name), the son of a sergeant major in the British Army and a local Greek woman. At the age of four, he was sent to Dublin, Ireland to be raised by his aunt, who tried to steer him towards the priesthood as a vocation.
When he was nineteen, his aunt lost most of her money, and Hearn was left abandoned by his family.
For several years he was homeless, living in cardboard boxes in London, New York, and Cincinnati, where he eventually wound up working for the Cincinnati Daily Enquirer. While there he achieved much notoriety for the sensationalistic nature of his stories, often detailing the seamier, more gruesome side of life.
He also married an ex-slave, Althea Foley, which caused much scandal at the time.
In 1877 he moved to New Or