Happy Birthday Mr McCarthy

Today in 1933 Charles McCarthy Jr. was born in Providence, Rhode Island, but just a few years later the family moved to Knoxville where his father worked as a lawyer for TVA. Some sources say that Cormac (a legendary high king of Ireland, as found in the Annals of Clonmacnoise) was used as a nickname within the family, others indicate that his name was legally changed. He currently lives north of Sante Fe.

As of May of this year, the Cormac McCarthy Papers are open for research at the Alkek Library of Texas State University . Road trip, anyone?