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Mac Hyman (1923-1963) was the author of the best-selling comic novel '' No Time For Sergeants '', which was adapted into a popular Broadway Play and a motion picture. Hyman was born on August 25 , 1923 in Cordele, Georgia . He attended Duke University starting in 1941, interrupting his studies to serve in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II . He drew heavily on his personal experiences to create ''No Time for Sergeants'', the misadventures of a country bumpkin draftee named Will Stockdale. Several publishers rejected the manuscript before it was finally accepted by Random House and published in 1954 . The popularity of the book resulted in a Broadway show and a film, which launched the career of Andy Griffith . Hyman had published just three short stories and was struggling with his second novel when he died of a heart attack in 1963 , just one month before his fortieth birthday. That second novel, ''Take Now Thy Son'', and a collection of Hyman's letters entitled ''Love, Boy: The Letters of Mac Hyman'' were both published after his death. Hyman had three children; his daugher Gwyn Hyman Rubio is the author of '' Icy Sparks ''. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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